Palpita

Palpita
Palpita vitrealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Tribe:	Margaroniini
Genus:	Palpita Hübner, 1808
Synonyms
Apyrausta Amsel, 1951 Conchia Hübner, 1821 Cryptographis Lederer, 1863 Hapalia Hübner, 1818 Hvidodes Swinhoe, 1900 Ledereria Marschall, 1875 Margarodes Guenée, 1854 Margaronia Hübner, 1825 Paradosis Zeller, 1852 Sarothronota Lederer, 1863 Sebunta Walker, 1863 Sylora Swinhoe, 1900 Tobata Walker, 1859

Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.

Species

Former species

• Palpita aequorea (Meyrick, 1933)
• Palpita ardealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Palpita atrisquamalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Palpita caecigena (Meyrick, 1933)
• Palpita celsalis (Walker, 1859)
• Palpita guttulosa (Walker, 1863)
• Palpita iospora (Meyrick, 1936)
• Palpita marginata (Hampson, 1893)
• Palpita rubritactalis (Hampson, 1918)
• Palpita schroederi (Strand, 1912)
• Palpita tritonalis (Snellen, 1895)

Status unknown

• Palpita nivea (Linnaeus, 1767), originally described as Phalaena (Noctua) nivea from either Norway or South America.

References

• Inoue, H., 1994: Two new species of the genus Palpita Hübner from southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Tyô to Ga 45 (2): 97–104. Full article: .
• Inoue, H., 1996: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 1. Tinea 15 (1): 12–46.
• Inoue, H., 1997: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 2. Tinea 15 (2): 131–181.
• Inoue, H., 1999: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 3. Tinea 16 (1): 52–60.
• Kirti, J.S. & H.S. Rose, 1992: Studies on Indian species of the genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Journal of Entomological Research 16 (1): 62–77.
• Munroe, E., 1952: The Illibalis Group of the genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist 84: 43–55.
• Munroe, E., 1959: New species and subspecies of Palpita (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomoligist 91: 641–650.
• Munroe, E., 1977: Two species of Palpita Hübner described by Janse, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). The Canadian Entomologist 109 : 67–76.
• Sullivan, J.B. & M.A. Solis, 2013: A new species of Palpita (Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from the coastal plains of southeastern United States. Zookeys 64: 3–9. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4363.
• Zhang, D.-D. & H.H. Li, 2005: A taxonomic study on Palpita Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae: Spilomelini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30 (1): 144–149. Abstract and full article: Archived 2013-10-18 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palpita.

Wikispecies has information related to Palpita.

• Crambidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
• Palpita persimilis on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.