Capissa Explained

Capissa is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It was previously treated as a synonym of Eilema.^[1] Its only species, Capissa vagesa, is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Upper Myanmar. Both the genus and species were first described by Frederic Moore; the genus in 1878 and the species in 1860.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Dubatolov . V. V. . Zolotuhin . V. V. . amp . 2011 . Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? ]. . 10 . 3 . 367–379, 380, VII.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Eilema vagesa (Moore, 1859) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 8, 2019.