Tarsolepis Explained

Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.

Species

• Subgenus Megashachia Matsumura, 1929
  • Tarsolepis brunnea Cai, 1985
  • Tarsolepis fulgurifera Walker, 1858
• Subgenus Stigmatophorina Mell, 1917
  • Tarsolepis sericea Rothschild, 1917 (=Stigmatophorina hammamelis Mell, 1922)
• Subgenus Tarsolepis
  • Tarsolepis elefantorum Bänziger, 1988
  • (Tarsolepis remicauda Butler, 1872) (mostly treated as a synonym Tarsolepis sommeri)
  • Tarsolepis taiwana Wileman, 1910
• Subgenus Tarsolepisoides Nakamura, 1976
  • Tarsolepis inscius Schintlmeister, 1997
  • Tarsolepis japonica Wileman & South, 1917
  • Tarsolepis malayana Nakamura, 1976
• Subgenus unknown
  • Tarsolepis kochi Semper, 1896
  • Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
  • Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821])

Distribution and habitat

There are about 15 species in the genus, which are distributed from India, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan through the oriental islands of the Philippines and Indonesia until New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is found in Indochina. The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types. The larvae feed on the maple family (Aceraceae).

External links

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Tarsolepis Butler, 1872 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 27, 2019.