''Pachypasa'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1855.
Species
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Pachypasa otus''
(Drury, 1773) Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Iraq, Iran
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Pachypasa limosa''
(de Villiers, 1827) southwestern Europe, northern Africa
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Pachypasa denticula''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908) Zimbabwe
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Pachypasa drucei''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908) Zimbabwe
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Pachypasa argibasis''
(Mabille, 1893) western and eastern Africa
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Pachypasa pallens''
(Bethune-Baker, 1908) Zimbabwe
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Pachypasa subfascia''
Walker, 1855 western Africa
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Pachypasa multipunctata''
(Hering, 1932)
External links
Lasiocampidae
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