Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)

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Higher taxa:	Nolidae (family)/  Chloephorinae (subfamily)/  Eariadini (tribe)/  Earias (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Fabricius, 1794)
Citation:	T.[inea] vittella
Original genus:	Tinea
Publication:	Fabricius J. C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis synonymis, Locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Journal:	—
Volume:	3
Issue:	2
Pagination:	293–294
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55388476

Earias vittella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Syntype	unknown	ZMUC	Syntypes, ZMUC.	India	India, "Habitat in India orientali Mus. Dom. Lund."

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Israel, Palestine.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 225
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Seychelles	Mahé	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 144 (as fabia)
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Sierra Leone		page R. Goff
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 7
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 278

Plant note:

Malvaceae (see M. Fibiger & A. Legrain 2009: 561).

Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Abelmoschus esculentus	Malvaceae	Seychelles	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 144
Earias vittella (Fabricius, 1794)	Hibiscus sp.	Malvaceae	Saudi Arabia	Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 196

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Earias vittella (1)

Earias vittella (2)

Earias vittella (3)

Earias fabia (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Earias fabia (Cramer, 1781)	(Cramer, 1781)	species	Misapplied	Geometra fabia
Earias vitella (Sherborn, 1902)	(Sherborn, 1902)	species	Misapplied	Tinea vitella