Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.
Species
- Subgenus Megashachia <small>Matsumura, 1929</small>
- Tarsolepis brunnea <small>Cai, 1985</small>
- Tarsolepis fulgurifera <small>Walker, 1858</small>
- Subgenus Stigmatophorina <small>Mell, 1917</small>
- Tarsolepis sericea <small>Rothschild, 1917</small> (=Stigmatophorina hammamelis <small>Mell, 1922</small>)
- Subgenus Tarsolepis
- Tarsolepis elefantorum <small>Bänziger, 1988</small>
- (Tarsolepis remicauda <small>Butler, 1872</small>) (mostly treated as a synonym Tarsolepis sommeri)
- Tarsolepis taiwana <small>Wileman, 1910</small>
- Subgenus Tarsolepisoides <small>Nakamura, 1976</small>
- Tarsolepis inscius <small>Schintlmeister, 1997</small>
- Tarsolepis japonica <small>Wileman & South, 1917</small>
- Tarsolepis malayana <small>Nakamura, 1976</small>
- Subgenus unknown
- Tarsolepis kochi <small>Semper, 1896</small>
- Tarsolepis rufobrunnea <small>Rothschild, 1917</small>
- Tarsolepis sommeri <small> (Hübner, [1821])</small>
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. The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types. The larvae feed on the maple family (Aceraceae).
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