Tarsolepis

Tarsolepis
	Tarsolepis sommeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Dudusinae
Genus:	Tarsolepis; Butler, 1872
Type species
	Tarsolepis remicauda; Butler, 1872
Synonyms
	Crino Hübner, [1821] (preocc. Lamarck, 1798); Pika Matsumura, 1929 (preocc. Lacepède, 1799); Megashachia Matsumura, 1929;

Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.

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.^[1] The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types.^[2] The larvae feed on the maple family (Aceraceae).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.

External links

Savela, Markku. "Tarsolepis Butler, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 27, 2019.

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[Thaimoths-1] Schintlmeister, Alexander; Pinratana, Pinratana (2006). Moth of Thailand, Vol. 5: Notodontidae. Bangkok: St. Gabriel. ISBN 9789748814940.

[Borneomoths-2] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel (1983). The Moths of Borneo, Part 4: Notodontidae. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society & Southdene Sdn Bhd.

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