Lemaireia is a genus

Genus

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 of moths from the Saturniidae

Saturniidae

The Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the moths. They form a family of Lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 described species worldwide...

 family

Family

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, 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

• Lemaireia chrysopeplus
• Lemaireia hainana
• Lemaireia inexpectata
• Lemaireia loepoides
  Lemaireia loepoides
  Lemaireia loepoides is a species of moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia....
  
  
• Lemaireia luteopeplus
• Lemaireia luteopeplus aureopeplus
• Lemaireia naessigi
• Lemaireia schintlmeisteri