Parasa

Parasa is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860.

Parasa
Parasa darma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Limacodinae
Genus: Parasa
Moore, [1860]
Synonyms
  • Neaera Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
  • Neaerasa Staudinger, 1892
  • Callochlora Packard, 1864

Description

Palpi projecting beyond frontal tuft. Forewings are rounded at apex. Veins 7, 8, and 9 stalked. Veinlet in cell forked or the lower discocellular absent. The fork of the veinlet replacing it. Hindwing with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell. Hind tibia with a terminal pair of spurs.[1]

Species

  • albipuncta species group
    • Parasa albipuncta Hampson, 1893
    • Parasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
    • Parasa zhudiana (Cai, 1983)
  • argentifascia species group
    • Parasa argentifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa eupuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa liangdiana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa mutifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa parapuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • argentilinea species group
    • Parasa argentilinea Hampson, 1893
  • bicolor species group
    • Parasa albida Candèze, 1927
    • Parasa argyroneura Hering, 1931
    • Parasa bicolor (Walker, 1855)
    • Parasa feina (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa flavabdomena (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa foliola Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa hainana (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa jade Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa jiana (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa mina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa pseudobicolor Holloway, 1990
    • Parasa umbra Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa virescens (Matsumura, 1911)
    • Parasa yana (Cai, 1983)
  • bimaculata species group
    • Parasa anchutka Solovyev, 2011
    • Parasa balitkae Holloway, 1987
    • Parasa bimaculata (Snellen, 1897)
    • Parasa brillians Holloway, 1987
    • Parasa chlorostigma (Snellen, 1879)
    • Parasa fidea Solovyev, 2011
    • Parasa semperi Holloway, 1987
  • consocia species group
    • Parasa consocia Walker, 1865
    • Parasa humeralis Walker, 1862
    • Parasa lorquini (Reakirt, 1864)
    • Parasa neopastoralis Rose, 2004
    • Parasa pastoralis Butler, 1885
    • Parasa stekolnikovi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa zulona Reakirt, 1864
  • darma species group
  • herbifera species group
    • Parasa bana (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa barbatanellus Holloway, 1990
    • Parasa canangae Hering, 1931
    • Parasa canangoides Holloway, 1986
    • Parasa herbifera (Walker, 1855)
    • Parasa melli Hering, 1931
    • Parasa mustacha Holloway, 1990
  • jina species group
    • Parasa atera Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa jina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • lepida species group
    • Parasa actiacus Solovyev, 2011
    • Parasa corbetti Holloway, 1987
    • Parasa emeralda Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa himalepida Holloway, 1987
    • Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1779)
    • Parasa media (Walker, 1855)
    • Parasa philepida Holloway, 1987
    • Parasa shirakii Kawada, 1930
    • Parasa sundalepida Holloway, 1986
  • ostia species group
    • Parasa altilis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa ostia Swinhoe, 1902
    • Parasa prasina Alphéraky, 1895
    • Parasa shaanxiensis (Cai, 1983)
    • Parasa vadimi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • repanda species group
    • Parasa campagnei de Joannis, 1928
    • Parasa repanda (Walker, 1855)
    • Parasa pseudorepanda Hering, 1933
  • undulata species group
  • xueshana species group
    • Parasa badia Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa dilucida Solovyev & Witt, 2009
    • Parasa xueshana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • unknown species group
    • Parasa campylostagma Dognin, 1914
    • Parasa chloris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
    • Parasa dusii Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2010
    • Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1896
    • Parasa figueresi Corrales & Epstein, 2004
    • Parasa hilarula (Staudinger, 1887)
    • Parasa imitata Druce, 1887
    • Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
    • Parasa joanae Epstein, 2004
    • Parasa laonome Druce, 1887
    • Parasa laranda Druce, 1887
    • Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
    • Parasa sandrae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
    • Parasa shirleyae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
    • Parasa sinica Moore, 1877
    • Parasa solovyevi C.S. Wu, 2011

References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Cai R.-Q., 1983. A study on the Chinese Latoia Guérin-Meneville with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (4): 438–451.
  • Epstein, M.E.; Corrales, J.F. 2004: Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa, 701: 1-86. Abstract & excerpt PDF
  • Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2010: Parasa haxairei n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse 66 (4): 67–69.
  • Solovyev, A.V., 2008: The limacodid moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 15/16: 17–43.
  • Solovyev, A.V., 2011: New species of the genus Parasa (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) from Southeastern Asia. Entomological Review 91 (1): 96–102. doi:10.1134/S0013873811010088
  • Solovyev, A.V.; Saldaitis, A. 2010: A new species of the genus Parasa Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Yemen. Journal of insect science, 10(190) ISSN 1536-2442 [validly published?]
  • Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229.
  • Wu, C.-S., 2011: Six new species and twelve newly recorded species of Limacodidae from China (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36 (2): 249–256.
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