Molippa

Molippa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]

Molippa
Molippa sabina, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Hemileucinae
Genus: Molippa
Walker, 1855
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Rhodormiscodes Packard, 1852
  • Prodirphia Bouvier, 1928

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Molippa azuelensis Lemaire, 1976
  • Molippa basina Maassen & Weyding, 1885
  • Molippa basinoides Bouvier, 1926
  • Molippa bertrandi Lemaire, 1982
  • Molippa bertrandoides Brechlin & Meister, 2008
  • Molippa binasa (Schaus, 1924)
  • Molippa convergens (Walker, 1855)
  • Molippa coracoralinae Lemaire & Tangerini, 2002
  • Molippa cruenta (Walker, 1855)
  • Molippa eophila (Dognin, 1908)
  • Molippa flavocrinata Mabille, 1896
  • Molippa larensis Lemaire, 1972
  • Molippa latemedia (Druce, 1890)
  • Molippa luzalessarum Naumann,Brosch & Wenczel, 2005
  • Molippa nibasa Maassen & Weyding, 1885
  • Molippa ninfa (Schaus, 1921)
  • Molippa pearsoni Lemaire, 1982
  • Molippa pilarae Naumann, Brosch, Wenczel & Bottger, 2005
  • Molippa placida (Schaus, 1921)
  • Molippa rosea (Druce, 1886)
  • Molippa sabina Walker, 1855
  • Molippa simillima E. D. Jones, 1907
  • Molippa strigosa (Maassen & Weyding, 1885)
  • Molippa superba (Burmeister, 1878)
  • Molippa tusina (Schaus, 1921)
  • Molippa wenczeli Meister & Brechlin, 2008
  • Molippa wittmeri Lemaire, 1976

References

  1. Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.


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