Chusaris

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

^ 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.
^ Savela, Markku (April 26, 2020). "Chusaris Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Chusaris Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ 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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[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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