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Ischalis

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Ischalis
Ischalis variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Diptychini
Genus: Ischalis
Walker, 1863[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Polygonia Guenée, 1868
  • Stratocleis Meyrick, 1883
  • Gonophylla Meyrick, 1885
  • AzelinaMeyrick, 1883

Ischalis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[2] The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863. All species within this genus are endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Host species

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Larvae of species in the genus Ischalis are hosted by only a few specific plants in two major orders of ferns, Hymenophyllales and Gleicheniales.[3]

Species

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Species contained in this genus are as follows:[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 166. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. ^ a b "ISCHALIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  3. ^ Weintraub, Jason D.; Lawton, John H.; Scoble, Malcolm J. (July 1995). "Lithinine moths on ferns: a phylogenetic study of insect-plant interactions". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55 (3): 239–250. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01062.x.
  4. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  5. ^ Jason D. Weintraub; Malcolm J. Scoble (29 April 2004). "Lithinini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 49. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.49. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 56351080. Wikidata Q45004720. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2021.