Parasa

Parasa
	Parasa darma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Subfamily:	Limacodinae
Genus:	Parasa; Moore, [1860]
Synonyms
	Neaera Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]; Neaerasa Staudinger, 1892; Callochlora Packard, 1864;

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

Description[edit]

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[edit]

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 euchlora Karsch, 1896
- 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[edit]

^ 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.

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

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