Miresa

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

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

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 Guyana)
  • 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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