Parasa lepida

Parasa lepida
	Larva
	Adult
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Parasa
Species:	P. lepida
Binomial name
	Parasa lepida; (Cramer, 1799)
Synonyms
	Noctua lepida Cramer, 1799; Latoia lepida (Cramer, 1799); Limacodes graciosa Westwood, 1848; Nyssia latitascia Walker, 1855; Neaera media Walker, 1855; Parasa lepida lepidula Hering, 1933;

Parasa lepida, the nettle caterpillar or blue-striped nettle grub, is a moth of the family Limacodidae that was described by Pieter Cramer in 1799. It is a native minor pest found in the Indo-Malayan region, including India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is an introduced pest to urban trees in western Japan.^[1]^[2]

^ "Ecology of the Blue-Striped Grub Moth Parasa lepida (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Japan". Nova Science Publishers. pp. 187–202. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
^ Yamazaki, Kazuo; Kitamoto, Toshio; Yariyama, Yoriko; Sugiura, Shinji (2007). "An analysis of spatial distribution in the exotic slug caterpillar Parasa lepida (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) at an urban coastal site in central Japan". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83 (3): 193–199. doi:10.3956/0031-0603-83.3.193.

[1] "Ecology of the Blue-Striped Grub Moth Parasa lepida (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Japan". Nova Science Publishers. pp. 187–202. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[2] Yamazaki, Kazuo; Kitamoto, Toshio; Yariyama, Yoriko; Sugiura, Shinji (2007). "An analysis of spatial distribution in the exotic slug caterpillar Parasa lepida (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) at an urban coastal site in central Japan". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83 (3): 193–199. doi:10.3956/0031-0603-83.3.193.

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