Miresa
Miresa semicalida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Subfamily:
Limacodinae
Genus:
Miresa

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 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
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