Sijua (moth)

Sijua
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Thyridinae
Genus:
Whalley, 1971

Sijua is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae from Africa.[1]

Type species: Sijua parvula Whalley, 1971

Species

Some species of this genus are:[2]

  • Sijua canitia Whalley, 1971
  • Sijua flavula (Pagenstecher, 1892)
  • Sijua furcatula (Pagenstecher, 1892)
  • Sijua jejunalis (Gaede, 1917)
  • Sijua latizonalis (Hampson, 1897)
  • Sijua meriani (Gaede, 1917)
  • Sijua neolatizona Whalley, 1971
  • Sijua parvula Whalley, 1971
  • Sijua plagalis (Gaede, 1917)
  • Sijua sigillata (Warren, 1898)

References

  1. ^ Whalley, P. E. S. 1967. A revision of the Thyrididae of Madagascar. Faune de Madagascar, Insectes, Lépidoptères, Thyrididae. - Faune de Madagascar 24:1–52, pls. 1–14.
  2. ^ afromoths.net
  • Whalley, 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) Suppl. 17:1–198, pls. 1–68