''Lemaireia'' is a
genus
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of moths from the
family
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Saturniidae, commonly known as moon moths.
Small oriental genus consisting of 8 orange-marked yellow species, reviewed by Nassig & Holloway (in press). 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
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Lemaireia chrysopeplus''
(Toxopeus, 1940)
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Lemaireia hainana''
Naessig & Wang, 2006
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Lemaireia inexpectata''
Naessig, 1996
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Lemaireia loepoides''
(Butler, 1880)
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Lemaireia luteopeplus''
Naessig & Holloway, 1988
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Lemaireia naessigi''
Brechlin, 2001
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Lemaireia schintlmeisteri''
Naessig & Lampe, 1989
References
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Saturniinae
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