Parasinga

Parasinga
Parasinga lichenina, female
Parasinga lichenina, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dicranurinae
Genus: Parasinga
Kiriakoff, 1967[1]
Type species
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)

References

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


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