Panilla

Panilla
	Panilla dispila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Panilla; Moore, 1885
Type species
	Homoptera dispila Walker;

Panilla is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1885.

Description

Palpi obliquely extend forward, fringed with long hair below, and with long hair from their base. Third joint minute. Antennae ciliated in male. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with dorsal tufts at base. Tibia fringed with long hair in male and spineless. Coxa of forelegs with long hair tufts. Forewings are short with round apex.^[1]

Species

Panilla aroa Bethune-Baker, 1906 (from New Guinea, Queensland)
Panilla combusta Hampson, 1895 (from Bhutan, Sumatra)
Panilla costipunctata Leech, 1900 (from Nepal, Guangdong, Taiwan, Japan)^[2]
Panilla dispila Walker, 1865 (from Sri Lanka)
Panilla mila Strand, 1920 (from Taiwan)
Panilla homospila Hampson, 1914 (from Borneo)
Panilla lophosticta Hampson, 1926 (from Papua New Guinea)
Panilla minima (Butler, 1887) (from Solomon Islands)
Panilla minor Yoshimoto, 2001 (from Taiwan)
Panilla nigrinotata (Hampson, 1926) (from Philippines, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia)
Panilla petrina (Butler, 1879) (from Japan, Korea)
Panilla spilotis (Meyrick, 1902) (from Queensland)
Panilla terminalis (Hampson, 1914) (from Borneo)
Panilla arabica (Hacker, 2011) (from Saudi Arabia)
Panilla aviakala (Bippus, 2018) (from Réunion)
Panilla remota Fischer, 2022. (from the Maldives)^[3]

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Panilla". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
^ [Fischer, 2022. Revision der Gattung Panilla Moore, 1885 stat. rev. mit der Beschreibung von Panilla remota spec. nov. von den Malediven (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Ophiderinae). Atalanta]

External links

Panilla at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
Savela, Markku (ed.). "Panilla Moore, [1885]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] "Panilla". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2025-09-29.

[3] [Fischer, 2022. Revision der Gattung Panilla Moore, 1885 stat. rev. mit der Beschreibung von Panilla remota spec. nov. von den Malediven (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Ophiderinae). Atalanta]

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