Xanthia aurago (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Tiliacea aurago (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Cosmia aurago (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Cirrhia aurago (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775)
Cosmia aurago marmorata Warr.
Cosmia aurago rutilago F.
Cosmia aurago lutea Tutt
Cosmia aurago fucata Esp.
The placement of this species in Tiliacea is doubtful. Both in imaginal
and in larval characters the species is quite far from the type species of
Tiliacea, Tiliacea citrago, and is rather similar to species in Xanthia.
Beck (1991)
has erected a separate subgenus Aurxanthia for it that could be
elevated to genus rank, but it is also possible that the present species
actually belongs to Xanthia. The relationships of Xanthia and its
allies requires a thorough revision using modern phylogenetic methods.
Until more data about these relationships becomes available I
provisionally retain the species in Tiliacea.
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