Dysphania is a genus of colourful moths in the family Geometridae and typical of the tribeDysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast Australia, Melanesia, and south, east and southeast Asia.
Most Dysphania are day flying, but there are also nocturnal species. With a typical wingspan of 50–85 millimetres (2.0–3.3 in), they are relatively large compared to many other members of this family.
Species
Species include (incomplete list):
Dysphania ares (Weymer, 1885)
Dysphania bivexillata Prout, 1912
Dysphania cuprina Felder 1874
Dysphania cyane (Cramer, [1780])
Dysphania discalis (Walker, 1854)
Dysphania electra Weymer, 1885
Dysphania fenestrata Swainson 1833
Dysphania flavidiscalis Warren, 1895
Dysphania glaucescens (Walker, 1861)
Dysphania malayanus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan
Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia
Dysphania numana (Cramer, [1779]) - type species as Phalaena numana - northern Australia, Kiriwina island
Dysphania subrepleta (Walker, 1854) - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo
Dysphania transducta (Walker, 1861)
References
Dysphania at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Media related to Dysphania (Geometridae) at Wikimedia Commons
February 25, 2023
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