Palpifer

Genus of moths

Palpifer

A Palpifer moth
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hepialidae
Genus:  | Palpifer
Hampson, 1893
Synonyms

* Palpiphorus Quail, 1900
* Palpiphora Pagenstecher, 1909

Palpifer is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae described by George Hampson in 1893. There are 10 described species found in south and east Asia and parts of Mexico.

Species of the genus possess large rounded and ascending palpi. Antennae short and setiferous (bristly). Legs hairy with spurs absent on tibia. Forewings without a bar between vein 1b and the median nervure. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked in both wings. Veinlets in cell forked.[1]

## Species

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* Palpifer falkneri \- Nepal
* Palpifer hopponis \- Taiwan
* Palpifer madurensis \- Madura
* Palpifer murinus \- India

* Food plant: Colocasia

* Palpifer pellicia \- India
* Palpifer sexnotatus \- India/Japan

* Recorded food plants: Amorphophallus, Colocasia

* Palpifer sordida \- Java

* Recorded food plants: Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Dioscorea

* Palpifer taprobanus \- Sri Lanka
* Palpifer tavoyanus \- Myanmar
* Palpifer umbrinus \- India

## 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.

2\. John R Grehan Hepialidae - Palpifer

Taxon identifiers

Palpifer|

* Wikidata: Q13856940
* Wikispecies: Palpifer
* ButMoth: 21129.0
* CoL: 92HQL
* EoL: 96143
* GBIF: 1829048
* iNaturalist: 452177
* IRMNG: 1018068
* LepIndex: 137365
* Open Tree of Life: 3244184

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