''Gastroplakaeis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Lasiocampidae
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...
first described by
Heinrich Benno Möschler
Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...
in 1887.
Species
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Gastroplakaeis annuligera''
Strand, 1913
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Gastroplakaeis delicatulus''
Aurivillius, 1911
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Gastroplakaeis elongata''
Hering, 1941
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Gastroplakaeis forficulatus''
Möschler, 1887
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Gastroplakaeis greyi''
Holland, 1893
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Gastroplakaeis idakum''
Bethune-Baker, 1913
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Gastroplakaeis meridionalis''
Aurivillius, 1901
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Gastroplakaeis punctifera''
(Riel, 1911)
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Gastroplakaeis rubroanalis''
Wichgraf, 1913
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Gastroplakaeis rufescens''
Aurivillius, 1905
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Gastroplakaeis schultzei''
Aurivillius, 1905
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Gastroplakaeis toroensis''
Bethune-Baker, 1927
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Gastroplakaeis variegata''
Hering, 1932
References
*Möschler, 1887. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 15(1): 79–80; pl. 1
External links
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Lasiocampinae
Moth genera
{{Lasiocampidae-stub