Lemaireia


Lemaireia is a genus of moths from the family Saturniidae, commonly known as moon moths.
Small oriental genus consisting of 8 orange-marked yellow species, reviewed by Nassig & Holloway. Diagnostic features are: uniformity, rather than asymmetry, of the rings of the ocelli; an undivided, dorsally domed uncus in the male genitalia; a short broad aedeagus with two apical fields of scobination, and a densely and robustly scobinate apex to the conical vesica; strong pouches lateral to the ostium in the female genitalia; a signum consisting of a single spine in the bursa copulatrix.

Species

  • Lemaireia chrysopeplus
  • Lemaireia hainana Naessig & Wang, 2006
  • Lemaireia inexpectata Naessig, 1996
  • Lemaireia loepoides
  • Lemaireia luteopeplus Naessig & Holloway, 1988
  • Lemaireia naessigi Brechlin, 2001
  • Lemaireia schintlmeisteri Naessig & Lampe, 1989