Caissa (moth)

Caissa
Caissa parenti, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus:
Hering, 1931

Caissa is a genus of slug caterpillar moths in the family Limacodidae. There are about 14 described species in Caissa, found in southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia.[1][2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Caissa:

  • Caissa aruna N. Singh & Ahmad, 2022
  • Caissa aurea Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Caissa bezverhkhovi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Caissa caii Wu & Fang, 2008
  • Caissa caissa Hering, 1931
  • Caissa fasciatum (Hampson, 1892)
  • Caissa gambita Hering, 1931
  • Caissa kangdinga Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2013
  • Caissa kashungii Irungbam, Ahmad, N. Singh & Solovyev, 2022
  • Caissa longisaccula Wu & Fang, 2008
  • Caissa medialis Yoshimoto, 1994
  • Caissa parenti Orphant, 2000
  • Caissa staurognatha Wu, 2011
  • Caissa yunnana Wu, Wu & Han, 2020

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Caissa". Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Caissa Hering, 1931". Retrieved 2024-09-17.