Tarsolepis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Subfamily Dudusinae Rank Genus		Subphylum Hexapoda Family Notodontidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Tarsolepis japonica, Tarsolepis sommeri, Butterflies and moths, Tarsolepis malayana, Gangarides

tarsolepis taiwana wileman 1910

Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the Notodontidae family.

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.

References

Tarsolepis Wikipedia

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tarsolepis taiwana wileman 1910

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