Banisia

Genus of moths

Banisia
Banisia clathrula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Banisia
Walker, 1863[1]
Type species
Banisia fenistrifera
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Durdara Moore, 1882
  • Neobanisia Whalley, 1967
  • Trophoessa Turner, 1911
  • Vernifilia Schultze, 1907

Banisia is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae.

Species

Some species of this genus are:[2][3]

  • Banisia aldabrana (Fryer, 1912)
  • Banisia antiopa (Viette, 1954)
  • Banisia apicale (Fryer, 1912)
  • Banisia clathrula (Guenée, 1877)
  • Banisia fuliginea (Whalley, 1971)
  • Banisia furva (Warren, 1905)
  • Banisia inoptata (Whalley, 1971)
  • Banisia joccatia (Whalley, 1971)
  • Banisia myrtaea (Drury, 1773)
  • Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Banisia tibiale (Fryer, 1912)
  • Banisia zamia (Whalley, 1971)

References

  1. ^ Walker, 1864c. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. - Journal of the Linnean Society of London 7:49–84, 160–198.
  2. ^ afromoths.net
  3. ^ funet.fi
  • Media related to Banisia at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Banisia


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