Tarsolepis is a genus of moths in the family Notodontidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872.
Species Subgenus Megashachia Matsumura, 1929 Tarsolepis brunnea Cai, 1985 Tarsolepis fulgurifera Walker, 1858 Subgenus Stigmatophorina Mell, 1917 Tarsolepis sericea Rothschild, 1917 (=Stigmatophorina hammamelis Mell, 1922) Subgenus Tarsolepis Tarsolepis elefantorum Bänziger, 1988 (Tarsolepis remicauda Butler, 1872) (mostly treated as a synonym Tarsolepis sommeri) Tarsolepis taiwana Wileman, 1910 Subgenus Tarsolepisoides Nakamura, 1976 Tarsolepis inscius Schintlmeister, 1997 Tarsolepis japonica Wileman & South, 1917 Tarsolepis malayana Nakamura, 1976 Subgenus unknown Tarsolepis kochi Semper, 1896 Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917 Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, )
Distribution and habitat There are about 15 species in the genus, which are distributed from India, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan through the oriental islands of the Philippines and Indonesia until New Guinea. The highest diversity of species is found in Indochina. The genus has been recorded from a wide range of lowland forest types. The larvae feed on the maple family (Aceraceae).
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