Chusaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Herminiinae
Genus:
Chusaris

Walker, [1859]
Synonyms
  • Enea Walker, [1863]
  • Alelimminola Strand, 1919
  • Luceriola Strand, 1920

Chusaris is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.[1][2][3]

Description

Palpi long and porrect (extending forward), where the second joint fringed with scales above. Third joint slender and naked. Thorax smooth. Abdomen with a tuft on basal segment. Legs slender and naked. Forewings long and narrow with depressed and acute apex. Slight raised tufts found at middle and end of cell. Forewings with veins 6 and 7 arise from angle of cell and veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.[4]

Species

  • Chusaris albilineata Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris albipunctalis Rothschild, 1915
  • Chusaris bisinuata Hampson, 1898
  • Chusaris compripalpis Strand, 1920
  • Chusaris dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Chusaris dubiosa Strand, 1919
  • Chusaris figurata (Moore, [1885])
  • Chusaris griseisigna Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris idaeoides (Hampson, 1891)
  • Chusaris indigna (Wileman & West, 1930)
  • Chusaris indistincta (Rothschild, 1920)
  • Chusaris maculalis Walker, [1866]
  • Chusaris meterythrina Hampson, 1898
  • Chusaris microlepidopteronis (Strand, 1920)
  • Chusaris mulumaculata Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris nigrisigna Hampson, 1902
  • Chusaris nigromaculata (Wileman, 1915)
  • Chusaris obliquisignata Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris olearia Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Chusaris opisthospila Turner, 1909
  • Chusaris bifasciata Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris paucimaculata (Hampson, 1893)
  • Chusaris puncticilia (Hampson, 1891)
  • Chusaris purpurisigna Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris renalis (Moore, 1882)
  • Chusaris retatalis Walker, [1859]
  • Chusaris retataloides Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris rhynchinodes Strand, 1915
  • Chusaris roseolactea (Rothschild, 1915
  • Chusaris setocircularis Holloway, 2008
  • Chusaris signicosta (Walker, [1863])
  • Chusaris sordida (Wileman & South, 1917)
  • Chusaris venata Warren, 1914
  • Chusaris violisigna Holloway, 2008

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chusaris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (April 26, 2020). "Chusaris Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Chusaris Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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