Capissa

Capissa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Capissa; Moore, 1878
Species:	C. vagesa
Binomial name
	Capissa vagesa; (Moore, [1860])
Synonyms
	Lithosia vagesa Moore, [1860]; Eilema vagesa; Lithosia innotata Butler, 1877; Capissa auriflava Moore, 1878; Capissa flavens Moore, 1878;

Capissa is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It was previously treated as a synonym of Eilema.^[1] Its only species, Capissa vagesa, is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Upper Myanmar. Both the genus and species were first described by Frederic Moore; the genus in 1878 and the species in 1860.^[2]

References

^ Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
^ Savela, Markku. "Eilema vagesa (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

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