Bepea

Bepea is a moth genus in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.^[1]

Bepea
Bepea tranquillalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Bepea Koçak & Kemal, 2007
Species
Bepea tranquillalis Bepea pyraustalis
Synonyms
Notaspis Warren, 1892 Notesia Yamanaka, 1992

The name Bepea is a replacement name, or nomen novum, proposed by Koçak & Kemal in 2007.^[2] The new name was necessary because the previous genus name, Notesia Yamanaka, 1992, was a junior homonym of Notesia Casey, 1922, a genus of weevils.^[3] 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 genus Notaspis Hermann, 1804.^[4]

The genus currently comprises two species: the type species, Bepea tranquillalis, was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Indonesia,^[1] Papua New Guinea^[5] and Taiwan. A second species, Bepea pyraustalis, was transferred to the genus by Koçak & Kemal (2007).^[2] It was described by Embrik Strand in 1918 in the genus Calamochrous based on specimens collected in Kankau and Kosempo on Taiwan.^[1]