Polia
Polia bombycina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Hadenini
Subtribe:	Poliina
Genus:	Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
Chera Hübner, [1821] Aplecta Guenée, 1838 Anartodes Culot, 1915 Bompolia Beck, 1996 Ripolia Beck, 1996 Antipolia Beck, 1996

Polia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Species

• Polia adustaeoides Draeseke, 1928
• Polia albomixta Draudt, 1950
• Polia altaica (Lederer, 1853)
• Polia atrax Draudt, 1950
• Polia bombycina (Hufnagel, 1766) – pale shining brown
• Polia cherrug Rakosy & Wieser, 1997
• Polia conspicua (A. Bang-Haas 1912)
• Polia culta (Moore, 1881)
• Polia discalis (Grote, 1877)
• Polia enodata (Bang-Haas, 1912)
• Polia goliath (Oberthür, 1880)
• Polia griseifusa Draudt, 1950
• Polia hepatica (Clerck, 1759) – silvery arches
• Polia ignorata (Hreblay, 1996)
• Polia imbrifera (Guenée, 1852)
• Polia kalikotei (Varga, 1992)
• Polia lamuta (Hertz, 1903)
• Polia malchani (Draudt, 1934)
• Polia mortua (Staudinger, 1888)
• Polia nebulosa (Hufnagel, 1766) – grey arches
• Polia nimbosa (Guenée, 1852)
• Polia nugatis (Smith, 1898)
• Polia piniae Buckett & Bauer, [1967]
• Polia praecipua (Staudinger, 1898)
• Polia propodea McCabe, 1980
• Polia purpurissata (Grote, 1864)
• Polia richardsoni (Curtis, 1835)
  • Polia richardsoni richardsoni (Curtis, 1834)
  • Polia richardsoni magna (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
• Polia rogenhoferi (Möschler, 1870) (syn: Polia leomegra (Smith, 1908), Polia carbonifera (Hampson, 1908))
• Polia scotochlora Kollar, 1844
• Polia serratilinea Ochsenheimer, 1816
• Polia similissima Plante, 1982
• Polia sublimis (Draudt, 1950)
• Polia subviolacea (Leech, 1900)
• Polia tiefi Püngeler, 1914
• Polia vespertilio (Draudt, 1934)
• Polia vesperugo Eversmann, 1856

Former species

• Polia delecta is now Orthodes delecta Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
• Polia detracta is now Orthodes detracta (Walker, 1857)
• Polia vauorbicularis is now Orthodes vauorbicularis (Smith, 1902)

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 13, 2019.