Parasa pygmy

Parasa pygmy
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Parasa
Species:	P. pygmy
Binomial name
Parasa pygmy Solovyev, 2010

Parasa pygmy is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Taiwan, inhabiting mountains, at altitudes ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 meters.

Larva

Larva

Adult male

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewing ground colour is chestnut with a large median green patch delimited externally by a thin white line, which in turn is lined by a brown border. The hindwings are chestnut. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-August to early October, probably in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Picea morrisonicola. Larvae have been found in late May. Full-grown larvae have a spindle-like body with a length of about 20 mm. The head and body ground coloration is green. The species probably overwinters as an egg.^[1]

References

1. Review of the Parasa undulata (Cai, 1983) species group with the first conifer-feeding larva for Limacodidae and descriptions of two new species from China and Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)