Abstract
Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958 is a genus of the tribe Lithosiini distributed in the Afrotropical Region, including 38 valid species and one subspecies (De Prins & De Prins 2019) and reaching its highest species diversity in the island of Madagascar. In the mainland Africa, the genus is represented by seven valid species to date (Kühne 2007).
References
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: http://www.afromoths.net (accessed 24 September 2019)
Hampson, G.F. (1900) Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2, 1–590.
Kühne, L. (2007) Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärenarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomischen Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Esperiana Memoir, 3, 353–394. [in German]
Toulgoët, H. de (1954) Description d’Arctiidae nouveaux de Madagascar (Lep.). Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, Série E, 4, 345–359. [in French]
Toulgoët, H. de (1958) Description d’Arctiidae nouveaux de Madagascar (Lepidoptera) (8e note). Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, Série E, 9, 177–214. [in French]