Mania (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Acylasisis.JPG | image_caption = ''Mania'' sp., from the collection of Felix Stumpe | taxon = Mania | authority = Hübner, 1821 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = *''Nothus'' Billberg, 1820 [junior homonym of ''Nothus'' Ziegler in Oliver, 1811] *''Sematura'' Dalman, 1825 *''Manidia'' Westwood, 1879 [unnecessary replacement name] | display_parents = 2 }} thumb|''Mania lunus'', Costa Rica thumb|''Mania empedocles'', Costa Rica thumb|''Mania aegisthus'', Dominican Republic thumb|''Mania diana'', Brazil

The genus '''''Mania''''' comprises a group of tropical and semi-tropical New World moths in the family Sematuridae. The genus has historically been referred to as either '''''Nothus''''' or '''''Sematura''''', but both of these names are invalid (see below).

==Taxonomy==

The name ''Nothus'' is preoccupied by a genus of Coleoptera<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uio.mbl.edu/pleary/Animalium/index.php?search=page&id=4418 |title=uio.mbl.edu |publisher=uio.mbl.edu |accessdate=2012-06-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929204810/http://uio.mbl.edu/pleary/Animalium/index.php?search=page&id=4418 |archivedate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>(Minet and Scoble, 1999). The genus name ''Sematura'' was also commonly in use for this genus, but it was younger (being published in 1825) than Hübner's name ''Mania'' from 1821; a petition to conserve the junior name was rejected by the ICZN in Opinion 2352 (2015)[http://iczn.org/node/40515], so Hübner's name is officially now the valid name for the genus.

==Species==

*''Mania aegisthus'' (Fabricius, 1781) [Jamaica/Surinam] [http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/jamaicamoths/images2/notaeg.htm] [http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/jamaicamoths/images2/notind1.htm "Nothus" species] {{LepIndex |id=69199 |name=Nothus aegisthus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Mania lunigeraria'' Hübner, 1823 [1825] {{LepIndex |id=69200 |name=Nothus aegisthus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Sematura excavatus'' Walker, 1854 {{LepIndex |id=69201 |name=Nothus aegisthus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Sematura phoebe'' Guenée, 1857 {{LepIndex |id=69202 |name=Nothus aegisthus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} *''Mania diana'' (Guenée, 1857) [Rio de Janeiro] {{LepIndex |id=69203 |name=Nothus diana |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} *''Mania empedocles'' (Cramer, 1782) [Type locality Surinam] [http://www.ogphoto.com/images/bfly2/treebark.jpg] {{LepIndex |id=69207 |name=Nothus empedocles |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Mania empedoclaria'' Hübner, 1823 {{LepIndex |id=69209 |name=Nothus empedocles |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Sematura selene'' Guenée, 1857 [https://web.archive.org/web/20041105153344/http://www.tulane.edu/~ldyer/lsacat/species/uraniidae/ura1/ura1.htm Dyer/Gentry/''"Sematura luna"''] [http://www.papillon-poitou-charentes.org/Lepido_Uraniidae/pages/Papillon44.htm] {{LepIndex |id=69208 |name=Nothus empedocles |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} *''Mania lunus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) [http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/images2/nothind1.htm] {{LepIndex |id=69205 |name=Nothus lunus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Mania caudilunaria'' Hübner, 1823 [1825] {{LepIndex |id=69206 |name=Nothus lunus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}} **=''Sematura actaeon'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 {{LepIndex |id=69205 |name=Nothus lunus |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}

==Biology== The larvae of ''Mania lunus'' were reared in Costa Rica in 2001 and are a bit similar to those of ''Coronidia'', being well camouflaged but bearing small projections rather than long spines one the dorsal surface.<ref>[http://www.tulane.edu/~ldyer/lsacat/species/uraniidae/ura1/17327g.gif tulane.edu]{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref> Host plants recorded were ''Pentaclethra macroloba'' (Fabaceae) and ''Syzygium longifolium'' (Myrtaceae).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041105153344/http://www.tulane.edu/~ldyer/lsacat/species/uraniidae/ura1/ura1.htm ''Sematura luna'']</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Sematuridae Category:Moth genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner