Parasa is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860.

Parasa
Parasa darma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Limacodinae
Genus: Parasa
Moore, [1860]
Synonyms
  • Neaera Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
  • Neaerasa Staudinger, 1892
  • Callochlora Packard, 1864

Description

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Palpi projecting beyond frontal tuft. Forewings are rounded at apex. Veins 7, 8, and 9 stalked. Veinlet in cell forked or the lower discocellular absent. The fork of the veinlet replacing it. Hindwing with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell. Hind tibia with a terminal pair of spurs.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Cai R.-Q., 1983. A study on the Chinese Latoia Guérin-Meneville with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (4): 438–451.
  • Epstein, M.E.; Corrales, J.F. 2004: Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa, 701: 1-86. Abstract & excerpt PDF
  • Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2010: Parasa haxairei n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse 66 (4): 67–69.
  • Solovyev, A.V., 2008: The limacodid moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 15/16: 17–43.
  • Solovyev, A.V., 2011: New species of the genus Parasa (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) from Southeastern Asia. Entomological Review 91 (1): 96–102. doi:10.1134/S0013873811010088
  • Solovyev, A.V.; Saldaitis, A. 2010: A new species of the genus Parasa Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Yemen. Journal of insect science, 10(190) ISSN 1536-2442 [validly published?]
  • Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229.
  • Wu, C.-S., 2011: Six new species and twelve newly recorded species of Limacodidae from China (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36 (2): 249–256.