Parasinga
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| Parasinga lichenina, female | |
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| Parasinga lichenina, male | |
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| Genus: | Parasinga Kiriakoff, 1967[1]
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| Parasinga lichenina Butler, 1880 | |
Parasinga is a genus of moths in the Notodontidae family.
Characteristics
The genus is related to Syntypistis, but have deeper shaped wings, which are usually of a pale greenish or grayish color. The antennae are long bipectinated (feather-like) except the last 10% until the tip.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The genus is found in the oriental tropics from Sulawesi to Sundaland and Thailand as the most northern point.[2] in a wide range of lowland forest types, such as hill dipterocarp, lower montane forest, kerangas, swamp forest and coastal associations.
Species
- Parasinga bicolor (Kiriakoff, 1977)
- Parasinga cinerascens (Kiriakoff, 1974) = Parasinga tuhana (Holloway, 1976)
- Parasinga harmani (Holloway, 1983)
- Parasinga insufficiens (Gaede, 1930) = Quadricalcarifera insufficiens (Gaede 1930)
- Parasinga lichenina (Butler, 1889)
- Parasinga pallidocollis (Kiriakoff, 1967)
- Parasinga subapicalis (Kiriakoff, 1974)
- Parasinga taeniata (Kiriakoff, 1977) = Quadricalcarifera taeniata (Kiriakoff, 1977)
- Parasinga viridescens (Schintlmeister, 1993)
External links
References
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.
- ^ a b Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.
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