# Mania (moth)
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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Acylasisis.JPG
| image_caption = ''Mania'' sp., from the collection of Felix Stumpe
| taxon = Mania
| authority = [Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner), 1821
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
*''Nothus'' Billberg, 1820 [junior homonym of ''Nothus'' Ziegler in Oliver, 1811]
*''Sematura'' Dalman, 1825
*''Manidia'' Westwood, 1879 [unnecessary replacement name]
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}}
thumb|''Mania lunus'', Costa Rica
thumb|''Mania empedocles'', Costa Rica
thumb|''Mania aegisthus'', Dominican Republic
thumb|''Mania diana'', Brazil
The [genus](/source/genus) '''''Mania''''' comprises a group of [tropical](/source/Tropics) and [semi-tropical](/source/Subtropics) [New World](/source/New_World) [moths](/source/Moth) in the family [Sematuridae](/source/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](/source/Coleoptera)[{{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 }}](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](/source/International_Commission_on_Zoological_Nomenclature) 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](/source/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](/source/Mania_diana)'' (Guenée, 1857) [Rio de Janeiro] {{LepIndex |id=69203 |name=Nothus diana |accessdate=May 9, 2018}}
*''[Mania empedocles](/source/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](/source/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 [larva](/source/larva)e of ''[Mania lunus](/source/Mania_lunus)'' were reared in [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) in 2001 and are a bit similar to those of ''[Coronidia](/source/Coronidia)'', being well [camouflage](/source/camouflage)d but bearing small projections rather than long spines one the dorsal surface.[[http://www.tulane.edu/~ldyer/lsacat/species/uraniidae/ura1/17327g.gif tulane.edu]{{dead link|date=June 2012}}] Host plants recorded were ''[Pentaclethra macroloba](/source/Pentaclethra_macroloba)'' ([Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae)) and ''[Syzygium longifolium](/source/Syzygium_longifolium)'' ([Myrtaceae](/source/Myrtaceae)).[[https://web.archive.org/web/20041105153344/http://www.tulane.edu/~ldyer/lsacat/species/uraniidae/ura1/ura1.htm ''Sematura luna'']]
==References==
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Category:Sematuridae
Category:Moth genera
Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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