Miresa

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
Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea

Familia: Limacodidae
Subfamilia: Limacodinae
Genus: Miresa
Species: M. acallis – M. albipuncta – M. alma – M. aquila – M. argentata – M. argentea – M. argentifera – M. aspera – M. basirufa – M. bilineata – M. binea – M. bracteata – M. brunnea – M. burmensis – M. canescens – M. clarissa – M. coccinea – M. crispa – M. decedens – M. demangei – M. dicrognatha – M. exigua – M. fangae – M. fulgida – M. fuscidorsalis – M. fuscoflava – M. gilba – M. gliricidiae – M. guttifera – M. habenichti – M. haematoessa – M. haematoessula – M. incredibilis – M. inornata – M. intensior – M. kagoshimensis – M. kwangtungensis – M. lancensis – M. livida – M. melanosticta – M. methathermistis – M. muramatsui – M. nivaha – M. orgyioides – M. orientis – M. pallivitta – M. phocea – M. polargenta – M. pura – M. pyronota – M. pyrosoma – M. rorida – M. sagitovae – M. scotopepla – M. semicalida – M. sibinoides – M. sobrina – M. sola – M. strigivena – M. suffusa – M. thermistis – M. urga – M. venosa
Name

Miresa Walker, 1855

Type species: Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Synonyms

Nyssia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (junior homonym of Nyssia Duponchel, 1829)
Neomiresa Butler, 1878
Miresopsis Matsumura, 1927

References

Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33–229.
Wu, C.-S., 2011: Six new species and twelve newly recorded species of Limacodidae from China (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36 (2): 249–256.
Wu, C.-S. & A.V. Solovyev, 2011: A review of the genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Journal of Insect Science 11 (34): 1–16. Full article: [1].

Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.[2]

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.[3]
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 Guyana)
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.