Miresa

Miresa
Miresa bracteata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Limacodinae
Genus:
Walker, 1855
Type species
Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Nyssia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Miresopsis Matsumura, 1927
  • Neomiresa Butler

Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[2]

Description

Palpi not reaching beyond frontal tuft. Antennae of male with serrated distal half, mid and hind tibia with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell.[3]

Species

  • Miresa albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 - India, Sri Lanka
  • Miresa argentifera Walker - Sri Lanka
  • Miresa basirufa Hering, 1941 - Congo
  • Miresa bilineata Hering, 1928
  • Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880 - India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
  • Miresa burmensis Hering - China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Miresa clarissa (Stoll, 1790) - Costa Rica, French Guiana
  • Miresa demangei de Joannis - Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Miresa exigua - China, Myanmar
  • Miresa fangae Wu & Solovyev, 2011 - China
  • Miresa fulgida Wileman - China, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Miresa gilba Karsch, 1899 - Ghana
  • Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933 - Sierra Leone
  • Miresa habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 - Mozambique
  • Miresa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 - China, Laos, Vietnam
  • Miresa livida West, 1940 - Congo
  • Miresa polargenta Wu & Solovyev, 2011 - Vietnam
  • Miresa rorida - Laos, Thailand
  • Miresa sagitovae - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Miresa semicalida Hampson, 1910 - Congo, Zambia
  • Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931
  • Miresa strigivena Hampson, 190 - Nigeria
  • Miresa urga Hering, 1933 - China

References

  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved October 4, 2017. - with images