Parasinga

Parasinga
	Female
	Male of the same species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Parasinga; Kiriakoff, 1967
Type species
	; Butler, 1880

Parasinga is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1967.

Characteristics[]

The genus is related to Syntypistis, but its species have deeper shaped wings, which are usually pale greenish or grayish. The antennae are long bipectinated (feather like) except the last 10% until the tip.^[2]

Distribution and habitat[]

The genus is found in the oriental tropics from Sulawesi to Sundaland and Thailand as the most northern point^[2] in a wide range of lowland forest types, such as hill dipterocarp, lower montane forest, kerangas, swamp forest and coastal associations.

Species[]

(Kiriakoff, 1977)
(Kiriakoff, 1974) = Parasinga tuhana (Holloway, 1976)
(Holloway, 1983)
(Gaede, 1930) = Quadricalcarifera insufficiens (Gaede 1930)
(Butler, 1889)
(Kiriakoff, 1967)
(Kiriakoff, 1974)
(Kiriakoff, 1977) = Quadricalcarifera taeniata (Kiriakoff, 1977)
(Schintlmeister, 1993)

References[]

^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.
^ ^a ^b Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.

External links[]

Savela, Markku. "Parasinga Kiriakoff, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2019.

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[Borneomoths-1] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.

[Thaimoths-2] Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.

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