Parapsestis

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: Parapsestis
Species: P. albida – P. argenteopicta – P. cinerea – P. dabashana – P. dysanacrita – P. hausmanni – P. implicata – P. lichenea – P. meleagris – P. naxii – P. odilei – P. pseudomaculata – P. tachengensis – P. tomponis – P. wernyaminta
Name

Parapsestis Warren, 1912

Type species: Cymatophora argenteopicta Oberthür, 1879
References

Warren, 1912, in Oberthür, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 2: 239
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.
Zhuang, H-L., Yago, M., Owada, M. & Wang, M. 2017. Taxonomic review of the moth family Thyatiridae (Lepidoptera) from Yunnan province, China. Zootaxa 4306(4): 451–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

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

Parapsestis albida Suzuki, 1916
Parapsestis argenteopicta (Oberthür, 1879)
Parapsestis cinerea Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Parapsestis dabashana Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Parapsestis hausmanni Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Parapsestis implicata Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Parapsestis lichenea (Hampson, 1893)
Parapsestis meleagris Houlbert, 1921
Parapsestis odilei Orhant, 2006
Parapsestis pseudomaculata (Houlbert, 1921)
Parapsestis tomponis (Matsumura, 1933)
Parapsestis wernyaminta Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007

Former species

Parapsestis baibarana
Parapsestis taiwana
Parapsestis umbrosa

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parapsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2018.