Palpita

Palpita vitrealis, caterpillar

Palpita magniferalis

Palpita nigropunctalis

Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.

Species

Former species

• Palpita aequorea (Meyrick, 1933)
• Palpita ardealis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Palpita atrisquamalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Palpita caecigena (Meyrick, 1933)
• Palpita celsalis (Walker, 1859)
• Palpita guttulosa (Walker, 1863)
• Palpita iospora (Meyrick, 1936)
• Palpita marginata (Hampson, 1893)
• Palpita rubritactalis (Hampson, 1918)
• Palpita schroederi (Strand, 1912)
• Palpita tritonalis (Snellen, 1895)

Status unknown

• Palpita nivea (Linnaeus, 1767), originally described as Phalaena (Noctua) nivea from either Norway^[2] or South America.^[3]

References

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• Inoue, H., 1994: Two new species of the genus Palpita Hübner from southeast Asia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Tyô to Ga 45 (2): 97-104. Full article: [1].
• Inoue, H., 1996: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 1. Tinea 15 (1): 12-46.
• Inoue, H., 1997: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 2. Tinea 15 (2): 131-181.
• Inoue, H., 1999: Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Region. Part 3. Tinea 16 (1): 52-60.
• Kirti, J.S. & H.S. Rose, 1992: Studies on Indian species of the genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). Journal of Entomological Research 16 (1): 62-77.
• Munroe, E., 1952: The Illibalis Group of the genus Palpita Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist 84: 43-55.
• Munroe, E., 1959: New species and subspecies of Palpita (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomoligist 91: 641-650.
• Munroe, E., 1977: Two species of Palpita Hübner described by Janse, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae). The Canadian Entomologist 109 : 67-76.
• Sullivan, J.B. & M.A. Solis, 2013: A new species of Palpita (Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from the coastal plains of southeastern United States. Zookeys 64: 3-9. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4363.
• Zhang, D.-D. & H.H. Li, 2005: A taxonomic study on Palpita Hübner from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae: Spilomelini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30 (1): 144-149. Abstract and full article: [2].