Bepea is a moth genus in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.[1]
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| Bepea tranquillalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Bepea Koçak & Kemal, 2007 |
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The name Bepea is a replacement name, or nomen novum, proposed by Koçak & Kemal in 2007.[2] The new name was necessary because the previous genus name, Notesia Yamanaka, 1992, was a junior homonym of Notesia Casey, 1922, a genus of weevils.[3] Notesia Yamanaka, 1992, however, was also a replacement name, as the original name of the genus, Notaspis Warren, 1892, was a junior homonym of the mite genus Notaspis Hermann, 1804.[4]
The genus currently comprises two species: the type species, Bepea tranquillalis, was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Indonesia,[1] Papua New Guinea[5] and Taiwan. A second species, Bepea pyraustalis, was transferred to the genus by Koçak & Kemal (2007).[2] It was described by Embrik Strand in 1918 in the genus Calamochrous based on specimens collected in Kankau and Kosempo on Taiwan.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ a b Koçak, Ahmed Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (2007). "Replacement names for some Microlepidoptera (Lepidoptera)". Miscellaneous Papers. 105. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 5–7.
- ^ Casey, T. L. (1922). "Studies in the rhynchophorous subfamily Barinae of the Brazilian fauna". Memoirs on the Coleoptera. 10: 1–520.
- ^ Hermann, J.-F. (1804). Mémoire aptérologique. Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault. pp. i–iv + 1–144, 9 plates.
- ^ Kenrick, George H. (1907). "A List of Moths of the Family Pyralidae collected by A. E. Pratt in British New Guinea in 1902-3, with Descriptions of new Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1907 t.4: 79 pl. IV.
External links edit
- "野螟蛾 Notesia tranquillalis Lederer, 1863". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line] (in Chinese). June 7, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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