Takapsestis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae. It was erected by Shōnen Matsumura in 1933.[1]

Takapsestis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Takapsestis
Matsumura, 1933
Synonyms
  • Neogaurena Roepke, 1944

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Takapsestis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2018.  
  • Matsumura, 1933, Insecta Matsumurana 7: 199–200.
  • László, Gy.; G. Ronkay & L. Ronkay, 2001, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (1): 27-85
  • Laszlo, Gy. M.; G. Ronkay; L. Ronkay & T. Witt, 2007, Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 13: 1-683 [1]
  • Oshimoto, H. 1990: Takapsestis fascinata sp. n. from China (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 13 (4): 236–241. full article (pdf)