Palpifer
Palpifer is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae described by George Hampson in 1893. There are 10 described species found in south and east Asia and parts of Mexico.
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Species of the genus possess large rounded and ascending palpi. Antennae short and setiferous (bristly). Legs hairy with spurs absent on tibia. Forewings without a bar between vein 1b and the median nervure. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked in both wings. Veinlets in cell forked.[1]
Species
- Palpifer falkneri - Nepal
- Palpifer hopponis - Taiwan
- Palpifer madurensis - Madura
- Palpifer murinus - India
- Food plant: Colocasia
- Palpifer pellicia - India
- Palpifer sexnotatus - India/Japan
- Recorded food plants: Amorphophallus, Colocasia
- Palpifer sordida - Java
- Recorded food plants: Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Dioscorea
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References
- Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. John R Grehan Hepialidae - Palpifer
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