| Tarsolepis malayana | |
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| Borneo, Trusmadi hill forest | |
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| Species: | T. malayana |
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| Tarsolepis malayana Nakamura, 1976 | |
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Tarsolepis malayana is a moth in the family Notodontidae. Previously the species was treated as a subspecies of Tarsolepis rufobrunnea . [1]
The submarginal area, which touches the upper silver spot, is pale orange-brown filled and curved. The ground colour of the wings is fuscous violet-brown. The underside of the thorax displays a prominent red brush. [1]
The species is found in India, Burma and widely distributed in Sundaland. It prefers lowland rain forests. [2]
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World. The Thaumetopoeidae are sometimes included here as a subfamily.
Doidae is a family of Lepidoptera first described by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987. It is sometimes treated as a subfamily of the Notodontidae. Species have been placed in the Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and the Dioptidae.
Allotoma is a genus of moths in the superfamily Bombycoidea. The only species in the genus is Allotoma cornifrons, found in Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra.
Stauropus alternus, the lobster caterpillar, lobster moth or crab caterpillar, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the southern Moluccas. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Tarsolepis sommeri is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. It is found in the oriental region. The larvae have been recorded on Nephelium lappaceum. Adults have been observed drinking tears (lachryphagy) from mammals.
Chadisra bipars is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862 and is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Neopheosia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1920. Its only species, Neopheosia fasciata, was first described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in the Himalayas, Taiwan, Sundaland, Buru and Japan.
Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.
Tarsolepis japonica is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Taiwan and Japan.
Somera viridifusca, the prominent moth, is a moth of the family Notodontidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Sri Lanka, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, the north-eastern Himalayas, Sikkim in India, Hainan and Yunnan in China and in Taiwan.
Syntypistis palladina is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1928. It is found in Southern Thailand, Sundaland, the Philippines. The species prefers lowlands and may be seen the whole year up to 2,000 m.
Parasinga is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1967.
Oxoia is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1967. Three species are known.
Clostera restitura is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and from Hong Kong to Sundaland.
Phalera grotei, or Grote's buff-tip, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Moore in 1859. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia to Sumatra and Borneo.
Phycidopsis albovittata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Sundaland, Luzon in the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Poeta quadrinotata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Progonia kurosawai is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Owada in 1987. It is found in Japan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Nepal, Myanmar, Borneo and Sulawesi.
Athetis hongkongensis, the Hong Kong marsh moth is a noctuid moth found in Hong Kong. The species was first described by Anthony Galsworthy in 1997.