Dysphania (moth)

Dysphania is a genus of colourful moths in the family Geometridae and typical of the tribe Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast Australia, Melanesia, and south, east and southeast Asia.

Dysphania
D. militaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Dysphania
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Deileptena Guérin-Méneville, 1831
  • Euschema Hübner, 1819
  • Hazis Boisduval, 1832
  • Heleona Swainson, 1833
  • Pareuschema Thierry-Mieg 1905
  • Polenivora Gistl, 1848

Description

Most Dysphania are day flying, but there are also nocturnal species. With a typical wingspan of 50–85 millimetres (2.0–3.3 in), they are relatively large compared to many other members of this family.

Species

Species include (incomplete list):

  • Dysphania ares (Weymer, 1885)
  • Dysphania bivexillata Prout, 1912
  • Dysphania cuprina Felder 1874
  • Dysphania cyane (Cramer, [1780])
  • Dysphania discalis (Walker, 1854)
  • Dysphania electra Weymer, 1885
  • Dysphania fenestrata Swainson 1833
  • Dysphania flavidiscalis Warren, 1895
  • Dysphania glaucescens (Walker, 1861)
  • Dysphania malayanus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan
  • Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia
  • Dysphania numana (Cramer, [1779]) - type species as Phalaena numana - northern Australia, Kiriwina island
    Dysphania numana
  • Dysphania palmyra Stoll, 1790 - Sri Lanka
  • Dysphania percota (Swinhoe, 1891) - western India
  • Dysphania poeyii (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
  • Dysphania prunicolor Moore, 1879 - India and Sri Lanka
  • Dysphania sagana (Druce, 1882) - Indochina, Sumatra
  • Dysphania snelleni (Pagenstecher, 1886)
  • Dysphania subrepleta (Walker, 1854) - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo
  • Dysphania transducta (Walker, 1861)

References

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