Capissa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Capissa
Species: C. alba – C. vagesa
Name

Capissa Moore, 1878

Type species: Lithosia vagesa Moore, [1860]. By subsequent designation by Hampson, 1900.
References

Dubatolov, V.V. & Zolotuhin, V.V., 2011: Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 10 (3): 367–379. Full article: [1].
Kirti, J.S., Singh, N. & Joshi, R. 2014: A new species of genus Capissa Moore (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India. Annales zoologici 64(1): 45–49. DOI: 10.3161/000345414X680555 Reference page.

Capissa is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It was previously treated as a synonym of Eilema.[1] Its only species, Capissa vagesa, is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Upper Myanmar. Both the genus and species were first described by Frederic Moore; the genus in 1878 and the species in 1860.[2]

Adults have yellow wings, but the forewings have a fold of androconial scales within and along the cubital vein. The hindwings have a darker central patch of androconial scales.
References

Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
Savela, Markku. "Eilema vagesa (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 8, 2019.