Parasa

Short description: Genus of moths

Parasa

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Parasa darma
Scientific classification
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

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

## 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 euchlora Karsch, 1896
* 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up.

* 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.

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