{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Hylesia metabus Cramer&Stoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 1- plate 074.jpg | image_caption = ''Hylesia metabus'' | taxon = Hylesia | authority = Hübner, [1820]<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/saturniidae/hemileucinae/hylesia/ |title=''Hylesia'' Hübner, [1820] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=2011-10-18}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = *''Micrattacus'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> }}

'''''Hylesia''''' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rougerie |first1=R. |last2=Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists |name-list-style=amp |date=2009 |url=http://www.lepbarcoding.org/saturnidae/species_checklists.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607153022/http://www.lepbarcoding.org/saturnidae/species_checklists.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 7, 2010 |title=Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World |website=Lepidoptera Barcode of Life: Saturniidae}}</ref>

==Species== {{Colbegin}} *''Hylesia acuta'' <small>Druce, 1886</small> *''Hylesia aeneides'' <small>(Druce, 1897)</small> *''Hylesia alticola'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia anchises'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia andensis'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia andrei'' <small>Dognin, 1923</small> *''Hylesia angulex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia annulata'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia ascodex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia athlia'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia beneluzi'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia bertrandi'' <small>Lemaire, 1982</small> *''Hylesia biolleya'' <small>Schaus, 1927</small> *''Hylesia bouvereti'' <small>Dognin, 1889</small> *''Hylesia canitia'' <small>(Cramer, 1780)</small> *''Hylesia cedomnibus'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia coex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia coinopus'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia colimatifex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia colombex'' <small>Dognin, 1923</small> *''Hylesia composita'' <small>Dognin, 1912</small> *''Hylesia continua'' <small>(Walker, 1865)</small> *''Hylesia corevia'' <small>Schaus, 1900</small> *''Hylesia cottica'' <small>Schaus, 1932</small> *''Hylesia cressida'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia dalina'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia daryae'' <small>Decaens, Bonilla & Wolfe, 2003</small> *''Hylesia discifex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia dyarex'' <small>Schaus, 1921</small> *''Hylesia ebalus'' <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small> *''Hylesia egrex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia extremex'' <small>Naumann, Brosch & Wenczel, 2005</small> *''Hylesia falcifera'' <small>(Hübner, 1825)</small> *''Hylesia fallaciosa'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia frederici'' <small>Lemaire, 1993</small> *''Hylesia frigida'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia gamelioides'' <small>Michener, 1952</small> *''Hylesia gigantex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia gyrex'' <small>C. Brown, 1913</small> *''Hylesia hamata'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia hawksi'' <small>Lemaire, Wolfe & Monzon, 2001</small> *''Hylesia haxairei'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia hubbelli'' <small>Lemaire, 1982</small> *''Hylesia humilis'' <small>Dognin, 1923</small> *''Hylesia ileana'' <small>Schaus, 1932</small> *''Hylesia index'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia indurata'' <small>Dyar, 1910</small> *''Hylesia inficita'' <small>(Walker, 1865)</small> *''Hylesia invidiosa'' <small>Dyar, 1914</small> *''Hylesia iola'' <small>C. Brown, 1913</small> *''Hylesia leilex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia lineata'' <small>Druce, 1886</small> *''Hylesia maurex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia medifex'' <small>Dognin, 1916</small> *''Hylesia melanops'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia melanostigma'' <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855)</small> *''Hylesia metabus'' <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small> *''Hylesia metapyrrha'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> *''Hylesia moronensis'' <small>Lemaire, 1976</small> *''Hylesia mortifex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia munonia'' <small>Schaus, 1927</small> *''Hylesia murex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia mymex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia nanus'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> *''Hylesia natex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia nigricans'' <small>Berg, 1875</small> *''Hylesia nigridorsata'' <small>Dognin, 1912</small> *''Hylesia nigripes'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia oblonga'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia obtusa'' <small>Dognin, 1923</small> *''Hylesia olivenca'' <small>Schaus, 1927</small> *''Hylesia oratex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia orbifex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia oroyex'' <small>Dognin, 1922</small> *''Hylesia pallidex'' <small>Dognin, 1923</small> *''Hylesia paraguayensis'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia paulex'' <small>Dognin, 1922</small> *''Hylesia pauper'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia pearsoni'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia peigleri'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia penai'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia praeda'' <small>Dognin, 1901</small> *''Hylesia pseudomoronensis'' <small>de Camargo, 2007</small> *''Hylesia remex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia rex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia rosacea'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia roseata'' <small>Dognin, 1914</small> *''Hylesia rubrifrons'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia rufex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia rufipes'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia santaelenensis'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia schuessleri'' <small>Strand, 1934</small> *''Hylesia scortina'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia subaurea'' <small>Schaus, 1900</small> *''Hylesia subcana'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> *''Hylesia subcottica'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia subfasciata'' <small>Dognin, 1916</small> *''Hylesia tapabex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia tapareba'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia teratex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia terranea'' <small>Schaus, 1906</small> *''Hylesia terrosex'' <small>Dognin, 1916</small> *''Hylesia thaumex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia tinturex'' <small>Schaus, 1921</small> *''Hylesia tiphys'' <small>Dognin, 1916</small> *''Hylesia travassosi'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia umbrata'' <small>Schaus, 1911</small> *''Hylesia umbratula'' <small>Dyar, 1915</small> *''Hylesia valvex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia vassali'' <small>Lemaire, 1988</small> *''Hylesia venezuelensis'' <small>Lemaire, 2002</small> *''Hylesia vialactea'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> *''Hylesia vindex'' <small>Dyar, 1913</small> *''Hylesia zonex'' <small>Draudt, 1929</small> {{Colend}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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