Parasa

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

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

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
  • Hampson, 1893
  • Parasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
  • (Cai, 1983)
• argentifascia species group
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• argentilinea species group
  • Hampson, 1893
• bicolor species group
  • Candèze, 1927
  • Hering, 1931
  • Parasa bicolor (Walker, 1855)
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Holloway, 1990
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • (Matsumura, 1911)
  • (Cai, 1983)
• bimaculata species group
  • Solovyev, 2011
  • Holloway, 1987
  • (Snellen, 1897)
  • Holloway, 1987
  • (Snellen, 1879)
  • Solovyev, 2011
  • Holloway, 1987
• consocia species group
  • Parasa consocia Walker, 1865
  • Walker, 1862
  • (Reakirt, 1864)
  • Rose, 2004
  • Butler, 1885
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Reakirt, 1864
• darma species group
  • Parasa darma Moore, 1859
  • Holloway, 1982
• herbifera species group
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • Holloway, 1990
  • Hering, 1931
  • Holloway, 1986
  • (Walker, 1855)
  • Hering, 1931
  • Holloway, 1990
• jina species group
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• lepida species group
  • Solovyev, 2011
  • Holloway, 1987
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Holloway, 1987
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1779)
  • (Walker, 1855)
  • Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa shirakii Kawada, 1930
  • Holloway, 1986
• ostia species group
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Swinhoe, 1902
  • Alphéraky, 1895
  • (Cai, 1983)
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
• repanda species group
  • de Joannis, 1928
  • (Walker, 1855)
  • Hering, 1933
• undulata species group
  • Parasa minwangi Wu & Chang, 2013
  • Parasa viridiflamma Wu & Chang, 2013
  • Parasa martini Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa pygmy Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa undulata (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• xueshana species group
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• unknown species group
  • Dognin, 1914
  • Parasa chloris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
  • Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Druce, 1887
  • Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Epstein, 2004
  • Druce, 1887
  • Druce, 1887
  • Karsch, 1896
  • Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • Moore, 1877
  • C.S. Wu, 2011

References[]

• 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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