Ischyja

Ischyja
A species from the Western Ghats (possibly I. manlia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ischyja
Hübner, [1823]

Ischyja is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi with second joint broad and rectangularly scaled, reaching vertex of head. Third joint long, naked and oblique. Antennae thickened and fasciculate in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia with a triangular tuft of hair. Mid tibia slightly fringed. Hind tibia clothed with long hair. Fore wings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. Outer margin obliquely curved. Hind wings with very short cell. Male with veins 2 to 4 running close together to near outer margin. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

Species

  • Ischyja albata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Ischyja anna Swinhoe, 1902[2]
  • Ischyja ebusa Swinhoe, 1902
  • Ischyja ferrifracta Snellen, 1863[3]
  • Ischyja gynnis Prout, 1928[4]
  • Ischyja hagenii Snellen, 1885[5]
  • Ischyja hemiphaea Hampson, 1926[6]
  • Ischyja inferna Swinhoe, 1902[7]
  • Ischyja manlia Cramer, 1776
  • Ischyja manlioides Prout, 1928[8]
  • Ischyja marapok [9]
  • Ischyja neocherina Butler, 1877
  • Ischyja paraplesius Rothschild, 1920[10]
  • Ischyja subreducta [11]

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Ischyja anna Swinhoe on mothsofborneo.com
  3. ↑ Ischyja ferrifracta Walker on mothsofborneo.com
  4. ↑ Ischyja gynnis Hampson on mothsofborneo.com
  5. ↑ Ischyja hagenii Snellen on mothsofborneo.com
  6. ↑ Ischyja hemiphaea Hampson on mothsofborneo.com
  7. ↑ Ischyja inferna Swinhoe on mothsofborneo.com
  8. ↑ Ischyja manlioides Prout on mothsofborneo.com
  9. ↑ Ischyja marapok on mothsofborneo.com
  10. ↑ Ischyja paraplesius Hampson on mothsofborneo.com
  11. ↑ Ischyja subreducta on mothsofborneo.com


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