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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Notodontinae
Tribus: Dicranurini
Genus: Oxoia
Species: O. smaragdiplena – O. viridipicta
Name

Oxoia Kiriakoff, 1967

Type species: Exaereta smaragdiplena Walker, 1862
Synonyms

Panteleclita Kiriakoff, 1974

References

Kiriakoff, 1967, Tijdschr. Ent. 110: 53
Schintlmeister, A & C.L. Fang, 2001, New and less known Notodontidae from mainland China Neue Entomologische Nachrichten band 50: 1–141.
Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2008, Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera Volume 1: 1–482. Notodontidae

Oxoia is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1967. Three species are known.

Characteristics

The genus is characterized by elongated green forewings. There are diagnostic black streaks in the postmedian and the basal area of the forewings. Both sexes are similar.[2]
Distribution and habitat

The genus ranges from the Himalayas, Indochina, Yunnan and Sundaland throughout the oriental islands until New Guinea[2]
Species

Oxoia antonia Druce, 1901
Oxoia irrorativiridis Bethune-Baker, 1904
Oxoia smaragdiplena Walker 1862

References

Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.
Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.

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