Miresa

Miresa
Miresa bracteata
Scientific classification
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]
Synonyms
NyssiaHerrich-Schäffer, 1854 MiresopsisMatsumura, 1927 NeomiresaButler

Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Miresa Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
2. The Moths of Borneo
3. 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

• "Taxonomy Browser: Miresa". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 18, 2018.