Saltia

For the genus of plants, see Saltia (plant).

This article is about a biological classification. For the place in Australia, see Saltia, South Australia.

Saltia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Noctuinae
Genus:	Saltia Tams, 1952
Species
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Saltia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, endemic to the high mountains of East Africa.

Species

Two species have been described, both collected by George Salt in 1948:

• Saltia acrophylax Tams, 1952 (Kilimanjaro)
• Saltia edwardsi Tams, 1952 (Mount Elgon)

There is a third form on Mount Kenya, likely a third species, with one specimen in the National Museums of Kenya. This, and the above-named collections by Salt, appear to be the only collection of this genus.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Further reading

Salt G. 1954. A contribution to the ecology of upper Kilimanjaro. Journal of Ecology 42:375-423.