Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae described by Francis Walker in 1855.[2]
| Miresa | |
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| Miresa semicalida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacodinae |
| Genus: | Miresa Walker, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1] | |
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Description
editPalpi 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.[3]
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved October 4, 2017. - with images
External links
edit- "Taxonomy Browser: Miresa". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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