Taxonomic Information
Genus revised by Solovyev, 2014
Solovyev A. V., 2014. Parasa Moore auct. Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Proc. Mus. Witt Munich 1. Munich– Vilnius, 240 pp.
The species is discriminated from P. flavabdomena (CAI, 1983), P. yana (CAI, 1983) and
P. jade SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n. by brown hindwings, extremely
similar externally to P. hainana (CAI, 1983) and P. foliola SOLOVYEV & WITT, sp. n.(Colour plate 11, fig. 4), but the male genitalia are diagnostic. The valva has two basal processes of the same size approximately; the juxta has very long processes, as long as the length of the valva, in contrary to similar species (Genitalia plate 6, fig. 3).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Thespea bicolor -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Thespea bicolor (Walker, 1855): Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae. Pg. 390, # 868.
- http://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gallery/limacodidae/Limacodidae%20Parasa%20sp.%20nr%20bicolor.jpg
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=646369 [accessed 10 June 2017]
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Thespea bicolor (Walker, 1855) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/thespea-bicolor, accessed 2023/03/24.