Parasa

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
Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea

Familia: Limacodidae
Subfamilia: Limacodinae
Genus: Parasa
Species (148): P. acrata – P. actiacus – P. affinis – P. albida – P. albipuncta – P. ananii – P. anchutka – P. angusta – P. angustivittata – P. ankalirano – P. argalea – P. argentilinea – P. argyroneura – P. atmodes – P. bicolor – P. bimaculata – P. bombycoides – P. brevipennis – P. calida – P. callidesma – P. cambouei – P. campylostagma – P. cana – P. canangae – P. carnapi – P. catori – P. cebrenis – P. chapmani – P. charopa – P. chloris – P. chlorophila – P. chlorostigma – P. chlorozonata – P. concavata – P. connexa – P. consocia – P. constricta – P. convexa – P. cor – P. costalis – P. cucumenica – P. cuernavaca – P. darma – P. dentina – P. divisa – P. dnophera – P. dubiefi – P. dulcis – P. dusii – P. ebenaui – P. entima – P. equestris – P. euchlora – P. fidea – P. figueresi – P. flora – P. fulvicorpus – P. fumosa – P. gemmans – P. gentilis – P. grandis – P. hampsoni – P. haxairei – P. herbifera – P. herbina – P. hexamitobalia – P. hilarata – P. humeralis – P. imerina – P. imitata – P. indetermina – P. inexspectata – P. irrationalis – P. isabella – P. joanae – P. johannes – P. joseana – P. karschi – P. laeta – P. lampra – P. lanceolata – P. laonome – P. latistriga – P. lemuriensis – P. lepida – P. lorquini – P. loyola – P. macrodonta – P. marginata – P. martini – P. maysi – P. melli – P. mesochloris – P. metaphaea – P. metathermes – P. minima – P. minuta – P. minwangi – P. mionexia – P. mirza – P. mompha – P. mossica – P. neustria – P. notonecta – P. ostia – P. pacera – P. pallida – P. pastoralis – P. prasina – P. prava – P. pretiosa – P. prussi – P. pseudorepanda – P. punica – P. pygmy – P. pyrrhothrix – P. reginula – P. repanda – P. rubriplaga – P. rudis – P. rutila – P. sagittata – P. sandrae – P. schausi – P. semiochracea – P. serratilinea – P. shirakii – P. shirleyae – P. similis – P. singularis – P. sinica – P. solovyevi – P. stiphra – P. tamara – P. trapezoidea – P. tripartita – P. undulata – P. unicolor – P. urda – P. valida – P. vinculum – P. viridiflamma – P. viridiplena – P. viridissima – P. viridogrisea – P. vivida – P. wellesca – P. xizangensis – P. zernyi – P. zhenxiongica – P. zulona
Name

Parasa Moore, 1859

Type species: Neaera chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Synonyms

Neaera Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 TS: Neaera chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (A junior homonym of Neaera Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta: Diptera)).
Callochlora Packard, 1864 TS: Callochlora vernata Packard, 1864 by monotypy.
Neaerasa Staudinger, 1892 TS: Neaera chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Note:

There is confusion here with Latoia

References

Epstein, M.E. & Corrales, J.F. 2004. Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa 701: 1–86. Abstract & excerpt PDF. Reference page.
Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2010: Parasa haxairei n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse 66(4): 67–69. Reference page.
Solovyev, A.V. 2008: The limacodid moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 15/16: 17–43. Full article: [1]
Solovyev, A.V. 2011: New species of the genus Parasa (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) from Southeastern Asia. Entomological Review 91 (1): 96–102. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873811010088
Solovyev, A.V. & Saldaitis, A. 2010. A new species of the genus Parasa Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Yemen. Journal of Insect Science 10(190): 1–7. DOI: 10.1673/031.010.19001 Reference page.
Solovyev, A.V.; Witt, T.J. 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33–229.
Viette, P.E.L. 1966. Une nouvelle espèce de Parasa de Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Lambillionea 66(9–10): 74–76. Reference page.
Viette, P.E.L. 1980. Insectes Lépidoptères Limacodidae. Faune de Madagascar 53: 1–162. Reference page.
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. abstract and full article (PDF)
Wu, C.-S. & Fang, C.-L. 2009: New species and new record species of the genus Parasa Moore from China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Acta entomologica sinica 34(4): 917-921. abstract and full article (pdf) Reference page.
Wu, S.; Chang, W. 2013: Review of the Parasa undulata (Cai, 1983) species group with the first conifer-feeding larva for Limacodidae and descriptions of two new species in China and Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). ZooKeys 345: 29-46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.345.6179 Reference page.

Parasa is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860.
Description

Palpi projecting beyond frontal tuft. Forewings are rounded at apex. Veins 7, 8, and 9 stalked. Veinlet in cell forked or the lower discocellular absent. The fork of the veinlet replacing it. Hindwing with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell. Hind tibia with a terminal pair of spurs.[1]
Species

albipuncta species group
Parasa albipuncta Hampson, 1893
Parasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
Parasa zhudiana (Cai, 1983)
argentifascia species group
Parasa argentifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
Parasa eupuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
Parasa liangdiana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
Parasa mutifascia (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
Parasa parapuncta (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
argentilinea species group
Parasa argentilinea Hampson, 1893
bicolor species group
Parasa albida Candèze, 1927
Parasa argyroneura Hering, 1931
Parasa bicolor (Walker, 1855)
Parasa feina (Cai, 1983)
Parasa flavabdomena (Cai, 1983)
Parasa foliola Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa hainana (Cai, 1983)
Parasa jade Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa jiana (Cai, 1983)
Parasa mina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
Parasa pseudobicolor Holloway, 1990
Parasa umbra Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa virescens (Matsumura, 1911)
Parasa yana (Cai, 1983)
bimaculata species group
Parasa anchutka Solovyev, 2011
Parasa balitkae Holloway, 1987
Parasa bimaculata (Snellen, 1897)
Parasa brillians Holloway, 1987
Parasa chlorostigma (Snellen, 1879)
Parasa fidea Solovyev, 2011
Parasa semperi Holloway, 1987
consocia species group
Parasa consocia Walker, 1865
Parasa humeralis Walker, 1862
Parasa lorquini (Reakirt, 1864)
Parasa neopastoralis Rose, 2004
Parasa pastoralis Butler, 1885
Parasa stekolnikovi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa zulona Reakirt, 1864
darma species group
Parasa darma Moore, 1859
Parasa darmoides Holloway, 1982
herbifera species group
Parasa bana (Cai, 1983)
Parasa barbatanellus Holloway, 1990
Parasa canangae Hering, 1931
Parasa canangoides Holloway, 1986
Parasa herbifera (Walker, 1855)
Parasa melli Hering, 1931
Parasa mustacha Holloway, 1990
jina species group
Parasa atera Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa jina (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
lepida species group
Parasa actiacus Solovyev, 2011
Parasa corbetti Holloway, 1987
Parasa emeralda Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa himalepida Holloway, 1987
Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1779)
Parasa media (Walker, 1855)
Parasa philepida Holloway, 1987
Parasa shirakii Kawada, 1930
Parasa sundalepida Holloway, 1986
ostia species group
Parasa altilis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa ostia Swinhoe, 1902
Parasa prasina Alphéraky, 1895
Parasa shaanxiensis (Cai, 1983)
Parasa vadimi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
repanda species group
Parasa campagnei de Joannis, 1928
Parasa repanda (Walker, 1855)
Parasa pseudorepanda Hering, 1933
undulata species group
Parasa minwangi Wu & Chang, 2013
Parasa viridiflamma Wu & Chang, 2013
Parasa martini Solovyev, 2011
Parasa pygmy Solovyev, 2011
Parasa undulata (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
xueshana species group
Parasa badia Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa dilucida Solovyev & Witt, 2009
Parasa xueshana (R.Q. Cai, 1983)
unknown species group
Parasa campylostagma Dognin, 1914
Parasa chloris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
Parasa dusii Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2010
Parasa figueresi Corrales & Epstein, 2004
Parasa hilarula (Staudinger, 1887)
Parasa imitata Druce, 1887
Parasa indetermina (Boisduval, 1832)
Parasa joanae Epstein, 2004
Parasa laonome Druce, 1887
Parasa laranda Druce, 1887
Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa sandrae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
Parasa shirleyae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
Parasa sinica Moore, 1877
Parasa solovyevi C.S. Wu, 2011

References

Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Cai R.-Q., 1983. A study on the Chinese Latoia Guérin-Meneville with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 26 (4): 438–451.
Epstein, M.E.; Corrales, J.F. 2004: Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa, 701: 1-86. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2010: Parasa haxairei n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse 66 (4): 67-69.
Solovyev, A.V., 2008: The limacodid moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 15/16: 17-43.
Solovyev, A.V., 2011: New species of the genus Parasa (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) from Southeastern Asia. Entomological Review 91 (1): 96-102. doi:10.1134/S0013873811010088
Solovyev, A.V.; Saldaitis, A. 2010: A new species of the genus Parasa Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Yemen. Journal of insect science, 10(190) ISSN 1536-2442 [validly published?]
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.