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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
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Parasa Moore, 1859
is a synonym of Genus Melittia Hübner, 1819
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		3816
189502
2439455		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		3399
186457
2415487		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		1891
142849
2048615		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		322
33641
568299		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		208
32654
567261		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431		Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers		186
32290
560864		Families
Genera
Species

Section
 		Tineina
Stainton, 1857
98
10110
121799		Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 		Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
20
1290
17308		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings		2
303
5069		Families
Genera
Species
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths		286
4955		Genera
Species
SubfamilySesiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines		152
3575		Genera
Species
TribeMelittiini
Le Cerf, 1917
16
556		Genera
Species
GenusParasa
Moore, 1859
292Species
Subnodes of Parasa Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa acrata Turner, 1926  ⇒ Eloasa acrata
SpeciesParasa actiacus Solovyev, 2011
SpeciesParasa adamauana Aurivillius, 1905  ⇒ Parasa prussi
SpeciesParasa affinis Mabille, 1890
SpeciesParasa albida Candeze, 1927
SpeciesParasa albifrons
SpeciesParasa albipuncta Hampson, 1892
SpeciesParasa albiramosa Walker, 1865
SpeciesParasa althea
SpeciesParasa altilis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa amphibrota Lower, 1902
SpeciesParasa ananii Karsch, 1896
SpeciesParasa anchutka Solovyev, 2011
SpeciesParasa andrefana Viette, 1980
SpeciesParasa angusta Hering, 1941
SpeciesParasa angustivittata Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa ankalirano Viette, 1980
SpeciesParasa arcuata Karsch, 1896  ⇒ Latoia vivida
SpeciesParasa argalea West, 1937
SpeciesParasa argentifascia R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa argentilinea Hampson, 1892
SpeciesParasa argyroneura Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa atera Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa atmodes Turner, 1902  ⇒ Eloasa atmodes
SpeciesParasa aureosqamata Wallengren, 1863
SpeciesParasa aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863
SpeciesParasa badia Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa balitkae Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa bana Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa bandura Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa barbatanellus Holloway, 1990
SpeciesParasa basicausta
SpeciesParasa bicolor Walker, 1855
1Subspecies
SpeciesParasa bimaculata Snellen, 1897
SpeciesParasa bisura Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa bombycoides Felder, 1862
SpeciesParasa brachyopa Lower, 1897
SpeciesParasa brevipennis Hering, 1931  ⇒ Eloasa brevipennis
SpeciesParasa brillians Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa calida Walker, 1865
SpeciesParasa callidesma Lower, 1902
SpeciesParasa cambouei Mabille, 1890
SpeciesParasa campagnei de Joannis, 1928  ⇒ Parasa repanda
SpeciesParasa campylostagma Dognin, 1914
SpeciesParasa cana Walker, 1865
SpeciesParasa canangae Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa canangoides Holloway, 1986
SpeciesParasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
SpeciesParasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
SpeciesParasa cebrenis Schaus, 1892
SpeciesParasa cebrensis Schaus, 1892
SpeciesParasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
SpeciesParasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909
SpeciesParasa chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Rose leaf caterpillar, Smaller Parasa, Smaller Parasa Moth		2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa chlorophila Hering, 1935
SpeciesParasa chlorostigma Snellen, 1879
SpeciesParasa chlorozonata Hampson, 1896
SpeciesParasa concavata Strand, 1913
SpeciesParasa congrua Walker, 1869
SpeciesParasa connexa Janse, 1964
SpeciesParasa consocia Walker, 1865
SpeciesParasa constricta Hering & Hopp, 1927
SpeciesParasa convexa Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa cor West, 1940
SpeciesParasa corallina Turner, 1902
SpeciesParasa corbetti Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa costalis West, 1940
SpeciesParasa cucumenica Dyar, 1926
SpeciesParasa cuernavaca Dyar, 1907
SpeciesParasa darma Moore, 1859
2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa darmoides Holloway, 1982
SpeciesParasa decolor Karsch, 1899
SpeciesParasa dentata Hampson, 1892
SpeciesParasa dentina Hering, 1932
SpeciesParasa dharma Hampson, 1892  ⇒ Parasa darma
SpeciesParasa dilucida Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa divisa West, 1940
SpeciesParasa dnophera Turner, 1931  ⇒ Mecytha dnophera
SpeciesParasa doenia Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa dubiefi Viette, 1975
SpeciesParasa dulcis Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa dusii Solovyev & Saldaitis, 2010
SpeciesParasa ebenaui Saalmüller, 1878
2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa elegantula van Vollenhoven, 0
SpeciesParasa emeralda Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa entima Turner, 1926  ⇒ Eloasa infrequens
SpeciesParasa equestris Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesParasa erecta Swinhoe, 1902
SpeciesParasa eremospila Lower, 1902
SpeciesParasa euchlora Karsch, 1895
SpeciesParasa eupuncta R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa excisa Walker, 1865
SpeciesParasa fauna Dyar, 1908  ⇒ Parasa imitata
SpeciesParasa feina Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa fidea Solovyev, 2011
SpeciesParasa figueresi Corrales & Epstein, 2004
SpeciesParasa flavabdomena Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa flora Dyar, 1926
SpeciesParasa foliola Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa fraterna Grote, 1881  ⇒ Parasa chloris
SpeciesParasa fulvicorpus Hampson, 1896
SpeciesParasa fumosa Swinhoe, 1889
SpeciesParasa fumosana Hering, 1931  ⇒ Parasa argyroneura
SpeciesParasa gemmans Felder, 1874
SpeciesParasa gentilis Snellen, 1900
SpeciesParasa graciosa Westwood, 1848
SpeciesParasa grandis Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa hainana Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
SpeciesParasa herbifera Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa herbina Schaus, 1901
SpeciesParasa heringiana
SpeciesParasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930
SpeciesParasa hilarata Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesParasa hilaris Westwood, 1848
SpeciesParasa hilarula Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesParasa himalepida Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa hockingii Moore, 1888
SpeciesParasa huachuca Dyar, 1905  ⇒ Parasa chloris
SpeciesParasa humeralis Walker, 1862
SpeciesParasa humilis Mabille, 1890
SpeciesParasa imerina Viette, 1980
SpeciesParasa imitata Druce, 1887
SpeciesParasa incisa Harvey, 1876
SpeciesParasa indetermina Boisduval, 1832
Stinging rose caterpillar, Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth
SpeciesParasa inexpectata Staudinger, 1895
2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa inexspectata Staudinger, 1895
SpeciesParasa infuscata Wichgraf, 1908  ⇒ Parasa ananii
SpeciesParasa insignis Swinhoe, 1905  ⇒ Parasa bimaculata
SpeciesParasa irrationalis Hering, 1933
SpeciesParasa isabella Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa jade Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa japonibia Bryk, 1948
SpeciesParasa jiana Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa jina R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa joanae Epstein, 2004
SpeciesParasa johannes Distant, 1898
SpeciesParasa joseana Strand, 1920
SpeciesParasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa kalawensis Orhant, 2000
SpeciesParasa karnapi Kiriakoff, 1954
SpeciesParasa karschi Strand, 1912  ⇒ Latoia urda
SpeciesParasa laeta Westwood, 1848
SpeciesParasa laleana Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa lampra West, 1937  ⇒ Barisania lampra
SpeciesParasa lanceolata Hering, 1928
SpeciesParasa laonome Druce, 1887
SpeciesParasa laranda Druce, 1887
SpeciesParasa latifascia Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa latistriga Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa lemuriensis Viette, 1967
SpeciesParasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Blue-striped Nettle Grub, Castor slug caterpillar		2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa lepidula Hering, 1933
SpeciesParasa liangdiana R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa liharis Rose, 2004
SpeciesParasa loesa Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa lorquini Reakirt, 1864
SpeciesParasa lorquinii
SpeciesParasa loxoleuca Turner, 1904  ⇒ Eloasa atmodes
SpeciesParasa loyola Dyar, 1926
SpeciesParasa lozogramma Turner, 1902
SpeciesParasa luxa Swinhoe, 1902
SpeciesParasa lysia Druce, 1897  ⇒ Parasa cebrenis
SpeciesParasa macrodonta Hering & Hopp, 1927
SpeciesParasa marginata West, 1940
SpeciesParasa martini Solovyev, 2010
SpeciesParasa maysi Schaus, 1920
SpeciesParasa media Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa melli Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa mesochloris Hampson, 1910
SpeciesParasa metaphaea Hampson, 1903
SpeciesParasa metathermes Hampson, 1910
SpeciesParasa microbasis Hampson, 1910  ⇒ Parasa carnapi
SpeciesParasa mina R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa minima Schaus, 1892
SpeciesParasa minuta Hering & Hopp, 1927
SpeciesParasa minwangi Wu & Chang, 2013
SpeciesParasa mionexia Dyar, 0
SpeciesParasa mirza Swinhoe, 1890
SpeciesParasa mompha Dyar, 1926
SpeciesParasa mossica Dyar, 1926
SpeciesParasa murzini
SpeciesParasa mustacha Holloway, 1990
SpeciesParasa mutifascia R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa nararia Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa neopastoralis Rose, 2004
SpeciesParasa neumanni Karsch, 1896  ⇒ Latoia vivida
SpeciesParasa neurocausta Turner, 1926
SpeciesParasa neustria Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa notonecta Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa olinca
SpeciesParasa ostia Swinhoe, 1902
SpeciesParasa pacera Hampson, 1897
SpeciesParasa paeera Hampson, 1897
SpeciesParasa pallida Möschler, 1887
SpeciesParasa parapuncta R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa parniodes Hering, 1957
SpeciesParasa parva Hering, 1938
SpeciesParasa pastoralis Butler, 1885
1Subspecies
SpeciesParasa perixera Lower, 1902
SpeciesParasa philepida Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa postoralis
SpeciesParasa prasina Alpheraky, 1895  ⇒ Parasa wellesca
SpeciesParasa prava Hering, 1938
SpeciesParasa pretiosa Strecker, 1899
SpeciesParasa princeps Aurivillius, 1900  ⇒ Parasa lorquini
SpeciesParasa prussi Karsch, 1896
SpeciesParasa pseudobicolor Holloway, 1990
SpeciesParasa pseudorepanda Hering, 1933
2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa punica Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
SpeciesParasa pygmy Solovyev, 2010
SpeciesParasa pyrrhothrix Turner, 1926  ⇒ Limacochara pulchra
SpeciesParasa reginula Saalmüller, 1884
SpeciesParasa repanda Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa retracta Walker, 1865  ⇒ Parasa laeta
SpeciesParasa rubriplaga Walker, 1862
SpeciesParasa rudis Walker, 1869
SpeciesParasa rutila Turner, 1914  ⇒ Eloasa bombycoides
SpeciesParasa sagittata Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa sandrae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
SpeciesParasa satura Karsch, 1896  ⇒ Parasa viridissima
SpeciesParasa schausi Dyar, 1906
SpeciesParasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
SpeciesParasa semperi Holloway, 1987
SpeciesParasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
SpeciesParasa shaanxiensis Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa shirakii Kawada, 1930
SpeciesParasa shirleyae Corrales & Epstein, 2004
SpeciesParasa similis Felder, 1874
SpeciesParasa singularis Butler, 1878
SpeciesParasa sinica Moore, 1877
Chinese cochlid		2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa smaragdina Bethune-Baker, 1908  ⇒ Parasa prussi
SpeciesParasa solovyevi C.S. Wu, 2011
SpeciesParasa sphenosema Lower, 1902
SpeciesParasa stekolnikovi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa stiphra Hering & Hopp, 1927
SpeciesParasa sundalepida Holloway, 1986
SpeciesParasa symphonistis Turner, 1936  ⇒ Eloasa symphonistis
SpeciesParasa tamara Hering, 1928
SpeciesParasa tessellata Moore, 1877  ⇒ Parasa consocia
SpeciesParasa thamia Rungs, 1951
SpeciesParasa tonkinensis Hering, 1931
SpeciesParasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900
SpeciesParasa trapezoides Holland, 1920
SpeciesParasa trima Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa tripartita Bethune-Baker, 1911
SpeciesParasa umbra Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa undulata Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa ungula Solovyev, 2014
SpeciesParasa unicolor Moore, 1859
SpeciesParasa urda Druce, 1887  ⇒ Latoia urda
SpeciesParasa vadimi Solovyev & Witt, 2009
SpeciesParasa valida Butler, 1879  ⇒ Parasa laeta
SpeciesParasa variabilis Paulian, 1950
SpeciesParasa vernata Packard, 1864  ⇒ Parasa indetermina
SpeciesParasa villosipes Strand, 1911
SpeciesParasa vinculum Hering, 1938
SpeciesParasa virescens Matsumura, 1911
SpeciesParasa virida
SpeciesParasa viridiflamma Wu & Chang, 2013
SpeciesParasa viridimixta Janse, 1964
SpeciesParasa viridiplena Walker, 1855
SpeciesParasa viridis Reakirt, 1864  ⇒ Parasa hampsoni
SpeciesParasa viridissima Holland, 1893
SpeciesParasa viridogrisea Dyar, 1898
SpeciesParasa vivida Walker, 1865
Stinging caterpillar		2Subspecies
SpeciesParasa wellesca Dyar, 1900
SpeciesParasa xizangensis Wu & Fang, 2009
SpeciesParasa xueshana R.Q. Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa yana Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa zernyi Hering, 1941
SpeciesParasa zhenxiongica Wu & Fang, 2009
SpeciesParasa zhudiana Cai, 1983
SpeciesParasa zulona Reakirt, 1864

Synonyms
Callochlora (Packard, 1864)
Neaera (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
Neaerasa (Staudinger, 1892)
Pacasa (Wichgraf, 1908)


Distribution of Parasa Moore, 1859
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds


Links, sources and further information
Parasa at afromoths.net
Parasa at gbif.org
Parasa at gbif.org
Parasa at irmng.org
Parasa at irmng.org
Parasa at itis.gov