Miresa Explained
Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1]
Description
Palpi not reaching beyond frontal tuft. Antennae of male with serrated distal half, mid and hind tibia with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell.[2]
Species
- Miresa albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (India, Sri Lanka)
- Miresa argentifera Walker (Sri Lanka)
- Miresa basirufa Hering, 1941 (Congo)
- Miresa bilineata Hering, 1928
- Miresa bracteata Butler, 1880 (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
- Miresa burmensis Hering (China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Miresa clarissa (Stoll, 1790) (Costa Rica, French Guiana)
- Miresa demangei de Joannis (Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Vietnam)
- Miresa exigua (China, Myanmar)
- Miresa fangae Wu & Solovyev, 2011 (China)
- Miresa fulgida Wileman (China, Taiwan, Vietnam)
- Miresa gilba Karsch, 1899 (Ghana)
- Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933 (Sierra Leone)
- Miresa habenichti Wichgraf, 1913 (Mozambique)
- Miresa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 (China, Laos, Vietnam)
- Miresa livida West, 1940 (Congo)
- Miresa polargenta Wu & Solovyev, 2011 (Vietnam)
- Miresa rorida (Laos, Thailand)
- Miresa sagitovae (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Miresa semicalida Hampson, 1910 (Congo, Zambia)
- Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931
- Miresa strigivena Hampson, 190 (Nigeria)
- Miresa urga Hering, 1933 (China)
References
- Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Miresa Walker, 1855 . Afromoths . October 4, 2017. - with images
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1/limacodidae/limacodidae-15.php The Moths of Borneo
- Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson
. George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . 1892 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
