Chusaris Explained

Chusaris is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . April 26, 2020 . Chusaris Walker, [1859] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 2, 2020.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Chusaris Walker, 1859 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . July 2, 2020.
3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.