Miresa

Miresa
	Miresa bracteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Subfamily:	Limacodinae
Genus:	Miresa; Walker, 1855
Type species
	Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854;
Synonyms
	Nyssia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854; Miresopsis Matsumura, 1927; Neomiresa Butler;

Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Description

Palpi not reaching beyond frontal tuft. Antennae of male with serrated distal half, mid and hind tibia with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell.

Species

Miresa albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 - India, Sri Lanka
Miresa argentifera Walker - Sri Lanka
Miresa basirufa Hering, 1941 - Congo
Miresa bilineata Hering, 1928
Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880 - India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Miresa burmensis Hering - China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Miresa clarissa (Stoll, 1790) - Costa Rica, French Guiana
Miresa demangei de Joannis - Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Vietnam
Miresa exigua - China, Myanmar
Miresa fangae Wu & Solovyev, 2011 - China
Miresa fulgida Wileman - China, Taiwan, Vietnam
Miresa gilba Karsch, 1899 - Ghana
Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933 - Sierra Leone
Miresa habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 - Mozambique
Miresa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 - China, Laos, Vietnam
Miresa livida West, 1940 - Congo
Miresa polargenta Wu & Solovyev, 2011 - Vietnam
Miresa rorida - Laos, Thailand
Miresa sagitovae - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Miresa semicalida Hampson, 1910 - Congo, Zambia
Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931
Miresa strigivena Hampson, 190 - Nigeria
Miresa urga Hering, 1933 - China

References

↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
↑ The Moths of Borneo
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved October 4, 2017. - with images

External links

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

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[1] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

[2] The Moths of Borneo

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Miresa

Miresa bracteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Subfamily:	Limacodinae
Genus:	Miresa Walker, 1855
Type species
Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Synonyms
Nyssia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Miresopsis Matsumura, 1927 Neomiresa Butler