Mania (moth)

Mania
Mania sp., from the collection of Felix Stumpe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Geometroidea
Family:
Sematuridae
Genus:
Mania

Hübner, 1821
Synonyms
  • Nothus Billberg, 1820 [junior homonym of Nothus Ziegler in Oliver, 1811]
  • Sematura Dalman, 1825
  • Manidia Westwood, 1879 [unnecessary replacement name]

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).