Molippa

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: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilie: Hemileucinae
Genus: Molippa
Species: M. azuelensis – M. bertrandi – M. bertrandoides – M. bertranjunensis – M. cruenta – M. denhezi – M. flavodiosiana – M. flavopiurica – M. flavotegana – M. intermediata – M. kohlli – M. larensis – M. latemedia – M. luzalessarum – M. nibasa – M. ninfa – M. ninfaustralica – M. ninfhondurana – M. ninfoaxacana – M. pearsoni – M. pilarae – M. placcearaiana – M. placmaranhensis – M. placnapoana – M. rosea – M. sinyaevorum – M. strigosa – M. vladislavi – M. wenczeli – M. wittmeri
Name

Molippa Walker, 1855

Type species: Molippa sabina Walker, 1855
Synonyms

Rhodormiscodes Packard, 1852
Prodirphia Bouvier, 1928

References

Brechlin, R. & Meister 2008b. Two new species of the genus Molippa Walker, 1855 from Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 1(1): 17–20. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2011n. Notes on the genus Molippa Walker, 1855 s.l. with descriptions of eight new species and two new genera (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 4(4): 48–63. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2014i: Sechs neue Arten der Gattung Molippa WALKER, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 7(4): 5–12. Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1972: Description d’Attacidae (= Saturniidae) nouveaux du Venezuela et du Pérou [Lep.]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 77: 29–41.
Lemaire, C., 1982a: Vingt-huit Saturniidae néotropicaux inédits. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 18(1): 55–88. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2014): Six new species in the genus Molippa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 7 (4): 5–12.

Molippa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]
Species

The genus includes the following species:

Molippa azuelensis Lemaire, 1976
Molippa basina Maassen & Weyding, 1885
Molippa basinoides Bouvier, 1926
Molippa bertrandi Lemaire, 1982
Molippa bertrandoides Brechlin & Meister, 2008
Molippa binasa (Schaus, 1924)
Molippa convergens (Walker, 1855)
Molippa coracoralinae Lemaire & Tangerini, 2002
Molippa cruenta (Walker, 1855)
Molippa eophila (Dognin, 1908)
Molippa flavocrinata Mabille, 1896
Molippa larensis Lemaire, 1972
Molippa latemedia (Druce, 1890)
Molippa luzalessarum Naumann, Brosch & Wenczel, 2005
Molippa nibasa Maassen & Weyding, 1885
Molippa ninfa (Schaus, 1921)
Molippa pearsoni Lemaire, 1982
Molippa pilarae Naumann, Brosch, Wenczel & Bottger, 2005
Molippa placida (Schaus, 1921)
Molippa rosea (Druce, 1886)
Molippa sabina Walker, 1855
Molippa simillima E. D. Jones, 1907
Molippa strigosa (Maassen & Weyding, 1885)
Molippa superba (Burmeister, 1878)
Molippa tusina (Schaus, 1921)
Molippa wenczeli Meister & Brechlin, 2008
Molippa wittmeri Lemaire, 1976

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.