Demopsestis

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: Drepanoidea

Familia: Drepanidae
Subfamilia: Thyatirinae
Genus: Demopsestis
Species: D. formosana – D. mahendrai – D. punctigera – D. yoshimotoi
Name

Demopsestis Matsumura, 1927

Type species: Asphalia punctigera Butler, 1885.
References

Matsumura, 1927, Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University of Tokyo 19: 16.
László, G.M., Ronkay, G., Ronkay, L.A. & Witt, T.J. 2007. The Thyatiridae of Eurasia including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 13: 1–683. Abstract (PDF). Reference page.

Demopsestis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae.[1]
Species

Demopsestis formosana Yoshimoto, 1983
Demopsestis mahendrai Yoshimoto, 1993
Demopsestis punctigera (Butler, 1885)
Demopsestis yoshimotoi Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Demopsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

Wikispecies has information related to Demopsestis.

Matsumura, 1927, Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University of Tokyo 19: 16.
Laszlo, Gy. M.; G. Ronkay; L. Ronkay & T. Witt, 2007, Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 13: 1-683 [1]