Horipsestis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Horipsestis
Species: H. aenea – H. angusta – H. kisvaczak – H. minutus – H. mushana – H. teikichiana
Name

Horipsestis Matsumura, 1933

Type species: Horipsestis teikichiana Matsumura, 1933
Synonyms

Neochropacha Inoue, 1982 in Inoue et al., Moths of Japan 1: 422. TS: Polyploca aenea Wileman, 1911. TL: Formosa (Taiwan), Kanshirei.

References

Matsumura, 1933, Insecta Matsumurana 7: 193.
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 Reference page.

Horipsestis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae.[1]

Species

Horipsestis aenea (Wileman, 1911)
Horipsestis angusta Yoshimoto, 1996
Horipsestis kisvaczak Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Horipsestis minutus (Forbes, 1936)
Horipsestis mushana (Matsumura, 1931)

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Horipsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

Matsumura, 1933, Insecta Matsumurana 7: 193.
Laszlo, Gy. M.; G. Ronkay; L. Ronkay & T. Witt, 2007, Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 13: 1–683 [1]