Cheliosea

Cheliosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Cheliosea; Watson, 1980
Type species
	Spilosoma cosmeta; Lower, 1907
Synonyms
	Heliocaes Turner, 1940 (preocc. Bedel, 1906);

Cheliosea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by Watson in 1980. The moths in the genus are found in Australia.^[1]

Species

Cheliosea xanthotypa, described as Heliocaes xanthotypa Turner, 1940 from northern Australia is a species inquirenda.

^ Savela, Markku. "Cheliosea Watson, 1980". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

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