''Bepea'' is a

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 ...

genus in the subfamily

Spilomelinae Spilomelinae is a very species-rich subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. With 4,135 described species in 344 genera worldwide, it is the most speciose group among pyraloids. Description Imagines – the adu ...

of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. The name ''Bepea'' is a replacement name, or

nomen novum In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...

, proposed by Koçak & Kemal in 2007. The new name was necessary because the previous genus name, ''Notesia'' Yamanaka, 1992, was a junior

homonym In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation), or homophones (equivocal words, that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. Using this definition, ...

of ''Notesia'' Casey, 1922, a genus of

weevils Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, ...

. ''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 Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

genus ''Notaspis'' Hermann, 1804. The genus currently comprises two species: the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

, ''Bepea tranquillalis'', was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

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. and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. A second species, ''Bepea pyraustalis'', was transferred to the genus by Koçak & Kemal (2007). It was described by

Embrik Strand Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Life and career Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at ...

in 1918 in the genus ''

Calamochrous ''Calamochrous'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *'' Calamochrous chilonalis'' Lederer, 1863 *'' Calamochrous brevipalpis'' Snellen, 1890 *'' Calamochrous carnealis'' (Swinhoe, 1895) *'' Calamochrous ferruginalis'' Hampso ...

'' based on specimens collected in Kankau and Kosempo on

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* Spilomelinae Moths of Japan Crambidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Spilomelinae-stub