Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.
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| Genus: | Tarsolepis Butler, 1872
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| Tarsolepis remicauda Butler, 1872
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Species edit
- Subgenus Megashachia Matsumura, 1929
- Tarsolepis brunnea Cai, 1985
- Tarsolepis fulgurifera Walker, 1858
- Subgenus Stigmatophorina Mell, 1917
- Tarsolepis sericea Rothschild, 1917 (=Stigmatophorina hammamelis Mell, 1922)
- Subgenus Tarsolepis
- Tarsolepis elefantorum Bänziger, 1988
- (Tarsolepis remicauda Butler, 1872) (mostly treated as a synonym Tarsolepis sommeri)
- Tarsolepis taiwana Wileman, 1910
- Subgenus Tarsolepisoides Nakamura, 1976
- Tarsolepis inscius Schintlmeister, 1997
- Tarsolepis japonica Wileman & South, 1917
- Tarsolepis malayana Nakamura, 1976
- Subgenus unknown
- Tarsolepis kochi Semper, 1896
- Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
- Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821])
Distribution and habitat edit
There are about 15 species in the genus, which are distributed from India, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan through the oriental islands of the Philippines and Indonesia until New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is found in Indochina.[1] The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types.[2] The larvae feed on the maple family (Aceraceae).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.
External links edit
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- Savela, Markku. "Tarsolepis Butler, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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