Belippa

Belippa
Belippa thoracica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Belippa Walker, 1865

Belippa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae erected by Francis Walker in 1865.

Description

Antennae with proximal one-third is bipectinated in males, whereas ciliated in females. Palpi reaching vertex of head. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewing with vein 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwing with veins 6 and 7 from the cell.

Species

• Belippa aeolus Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Vietnam)
• Belippa apicata Moore (India)
• Belippa boninensis (Matsumura, 1931) (Japan)
• Belippa cyanopasta Hampson, 1910 (Myanmar)
• Belippa ferruginea Moore 1877 (India)
• Belippa formosaensis Kawada, 1930
• Belippa horrida Walker, 1865 (China, Japan, Taiwan)
• Belippa lohor Moore (India, Java)
• Belippa ochreata Yoshimoto, 1994 (India, China)
• Belippa thoracica Moore, 1879 (India)

References

• Walker, Francis (1864). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. p. 508 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

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• "Taxonomy Browser: Belippa". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

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