Chusaris

Short description: Genus of moths

Chusaris

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Erebidae

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Herminiinae

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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

1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Chusaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=290185.
2. ↑ Savela, Markku (April 26, 2020). "Chusaris Walker, [1859"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/herminiinae/chusaris/. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Chusaris Walker, 1859". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=6322.0. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.

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