Palpifer

Palpifer is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae described by George Hampson in 1893. There are 10 described species found in south and east Asia and parts of Mexico.

Palpifer
A Palpifer moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Palpifer Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
Palpiphorus Quail, 1900 Palpiphora Pagenstecher, 1909

Species of the genus possess large rounded and ascending palpi. Antennae short and setiferous (bristly). Legs hairy with spurs absent on tibia. Forewings without a bar between vein 1b and the median nervure. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked in both wings. Veinlets in cell forked.^[1]

Species

• Palpifer falkneri - Nepal
• Palpifer hopponis - Taiwan
• Palpifer madurensis - Madura
• Palpifer murinus - India

• Food plant: Colocasia

• Palpifer pellicia - India
• Palpifer sexnotatus - India/Japan

• Recorded food plants: Amorphophallus, Colocasia

• Palpifer sordida - Java

• Recorded food plants: Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Dioscorea

• Palpifer taprobanus - Sri Lanka
• Palpifer tavoyanus - Myanmar
• Palpifer umbrinus - India