Capissa

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Capissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Capissa
Moore, 1878
Species:
C. vagesa
Binomial name
Capissa vagesa
(Moore, [1860])
Synonyms
  • Lithosia vagesaMoore, [1860]
  • Eilema vagesa
  • Lithosia innotataButler, 1877
  • Capissa auriflavaMoore, 1878
  • Capissa flavensMoore, 1878

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]

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References

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