Parasa

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

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

Description

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

• albipuncta species group
  • Parasa albipuncta Hampson, 1893
  • Parasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
  • Parasa zhudiana (Cai, 1983)
• argentifascia species group
  • Parasa argentifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa eupuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa liangdiana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa mutifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa parapuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• argentilinea species group
  • Parasa argentilinea Hampson, 1893
• bicolor species group
  • Parasa albida Candèze, 1927
  • Parasa argyroneura Hering, 1931
  • Parasa bicolor (Walker, 1855)
  • Parasa feina (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa flavabdomena (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa foliola Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa hainana (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa jade Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa jiana (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa mina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa pseudobicolor Holloway, 1990
  • Parasa umbra Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa virescens (Matsumura, 1911)
  • Parasa yana (Cai, 1983)
• bimaculata species group
  • Parasa anchutka Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa balitkae Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa bimaculata (Snellen, 1897)
  • Parasa brillians Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa chlorostigma (Snellen, 1879)
  • Parasa fidea Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa semperi Holloway, 1987
• consocia species group
  • Parasa consocia Walker, 1865
  • Parasa humeralis Walker, 1862
  • Parasa lorquini (Reakirt, 1864)
  • Parasa neopastoralis Rose, 2004
  • Parasa pastoralis Butler, 1885
  • Parasa stekolnikovi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa zulona Reakirt, 1864
• darma species group
  • Parasa darma Moore, 1859
  • Parasa darmoides Holloway, 1982
• herbifera species group
  • Parasa bana (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa barbatanellus Holloway, 1990
  • Parasa canangae Hering, 1931
  • Parasa canangoides Holloway, 1986
  • Parasa herbifera (Walker, 1855)
  • Parasa melli Hering, 1931
  • Parasa mustacha Holloway, 1990
• jina species group
  • Parasa atera Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa jina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• lepida species group
  • Parasa actiacus Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa corbetti Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa emeralda Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa himalepida Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1779)
  • Parasa media (Walker, 1855)
  • Parasa philepida Holloway, 1987
  • Parasa shirakii Kawada, 1930
  • Parasa sundalepida Holloway, 1986
• ostia species group
  • Parasa altilis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa ostia Swinhoe, 1902
  • Parasa prasina Alphéraky, 1895
  • Parasa shaanxiensis (Cai, 1983)
  • Parasa vadimi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
• repanda species group
  • Parasa campagnei de Joannis, 1928
  • Parasa repanda (Walker, 1855)
  • Parasa pseudorepanda Hering, 1933
• undulata species group
  • Parasa minwangi Wu & Chang, 2013
  • Parasa viridiflamma Wu & Chang, 2013
  • Parasa martini Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa pygmy Solovyev, 2011
  • Parasa undulata (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• xueshana species group
  • Parasa badia Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa dilucida Solovyev & Witt, 2009
  • Parasa xueshana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
• unknown species group
  • Parasa campylostagma Dognin, 1914
  • Parasa chloris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
  • Parasa dusii Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2010
  • Parasa figueresi Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • Parasa hilarula (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Parasa imitata Druce, 1887
  • Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Parasa joanae Epstein, 2004
  • Parasa laonome Druce, 1887
  • Parasa laranda Druce, 1887
  • Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
  • Parasa sandrae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • Parasa shirleyae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
  • Parasa sinica Moore, 1877
  • Parasa solovyevi C.S. Wu, 2011

References

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.