Belippa

Belippa
Belippa thoracica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Belippa
Walker, 1865

Belippa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae.[1]

Description

Antennae with proximal one-third is bipectinated in males, whereas ciliated in females. Palpi reaching vertex of head. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewing with vein 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwing with veins 6 and 7 from the cell.[2]

Species

  • Belippa aeolus Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (Vietnam)
  • Belippa apicata Moore (India)
  • Belippa boninensis (Matsumura, 1931) (Japan)
  • Belippa cyanopasta Hampson, 1910 (Myanmar)
  • Belippa ferruginea Moore 1877 (India)
  • Belippa formosaensis Kawada, 1930
  • Belippa horrida Walker, 1865 (China, Japan, Taiwan)
  • Belippa lohor Moore (India, Java)
  • Belippa ochreata Yoshimoto, 1994 (India, China)
  • Belippa thoracica Moore, 1879 (India)

References

  1. ↑ www.nhm.ac.uk
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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