Tarsolepis

Tarsolepis
Tarsolepis sommeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
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 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.^[1] The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types.^[2] The larvae feed on the Maple Family Aceraceae.^[1]

External links

• Tarsolepis at funet

References

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