Magusa (moth)

Genus of moths

Magusa

Magusa orbifera
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Subfamily:  | Amphipyrinae
Genus:  | Magusa
Walker, 1857
Synonyms

* Callixena Saalmüller, 1891
* Parastenopterygia Berio, 1955

Magusa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.

## Description

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Similar to Euplexa, differs in third joint of palpi reaching above vertex of head. Dorsal tufts of abdomen are slight. Forewings very long and narrow. Apex rounded with oblique outer margin.[1]

## Species

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* Magusa barbara (Berio, 1940) Eritrea
* Magusa divaricata (Grote, 1874)
* Magusa erema Hayes, 1975 Galápagos Islands
* Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857) southern Canada - US - Argentina
* Magusa versicolora (Saalmüller, 1891) Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Malawi, Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Reunion
* Magusa viettei (Berio, 1955) Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar

## References

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1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
* Savela, Markku. "Magusa Walker, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Magusa|

* Wikidata: Q6732549
* BioLib: 642275
* BOLD: 33560
* BugGuide: 11759
* ButMoth: 16917.0
* CoL: 92DV5
* EoL: 60367
* GBIF: 1767046
* iNaturalist: 143032
* IRMNG: 1352693
* ITIS: 937314
* LepIndex: 266873
* NCBI: 741595
* Open Tree of Life: 137631
* Plazi: D03C6C36-FFC6-2D7F-9C90-D199FC9AF86F

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