''Tisis'' is a genus of small
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1864.
[Wu, Ch.-Sh. (1998). "Genus ''Tisis'' Walker from Malaysia and Indonesia (Lepidoptera:Lecithoceridae), with Description of Three New Species". ''Zoological Studies''. 37 (3): 191-196.]
Species
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Tisis amabilis''
Park, 2003
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Tisis argyrophaea
''Tisis argyrophaea'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oppo ...
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Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis asterias
''Tisis asterias'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found in Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a ...
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Park, 2003
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Tisis aurantiella
''Tisis aurantiella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found in Palawan in the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archip ...
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Park, 2003
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Tisis auricincta''
Diakonoff, 1967
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Tisis aurifasciata''
Park, 2007
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Tisis bicolorella''
Walker, 1864
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Tisis boleta''
C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis cerambycina''
Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis chalybaeella''
(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis charadraea''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis colubrialis''
Park, 2005
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Tisis diehli''
Park, 2007
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Tisis elegans
''Tisis elegans'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Snellen in 1903. It is found on Java.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. ...
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(Snellen, 1903)
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Tisis eurylampis
''Tisis eurylampis'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposi ...
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Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis frimensis
''Tisis frimensis'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2005. It is found on Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the regi ...
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Park, 2005
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Tisis gloriosa''
Park, 2009
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Tisis helioclina''
Meyrick, 1894
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Tisis hemixysta
''Tisis hemixysta'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposit ...
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Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis hyacinthina
''Tisis hyacinthina'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oppos ...
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Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis imperatrix
''Tisis imperatrix'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposi ...
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Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis isoplasta
''Tisis isoplasta'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on Java in Indonesia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to ...
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Meyrick, 1929
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Tisis javaica
''Tisis javaica'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2007. It is found in Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a ...
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Park, 2007
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Tisis latiductalis
''Tisis latiductalis'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park, Joon-Seok Lee and Fatimah Abang in 2005. It is found on Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with ...
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Park, 2005
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Tisis luteella
''Tisis luteella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Snellen in 1903. It is found on Java and Sabah.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposi ...
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(Snellen, 1903)
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Tisis meliorella
''Tisis meliorella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully w ...
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Walker, 1864
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Tisis mendicella
''Tisis mendicella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is . The forewings are dark fuscous with two or three short whitish str ...
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(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis mesozosta
''Tisis mesozosta'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Taiwan and Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one ...
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Meyrick, 1914
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Tisis nemophorella''
Walker, 1864
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Tisis nielseni
''Tisis nielseni'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2001. It is found in Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a ...
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Park, 2001
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Tisis penrissenica''
Park, 2005
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Tisis plautata''
C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis polemarcha
''Tisis polemarcha'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo and Sabah.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are light orange with thick costal and dorsal and slender me ...
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Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis polychlora
''Tisis'' is a genus of small moths in the family Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majo ...
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Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis sabahensis''
Park, 2003
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Tisis sandaradema
''Tisis sandaradema'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu in 1998. It is found on Borneo.
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C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis seclusella
''Tisis seclusella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of ...
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(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis sophistica
''Tisis sophistica'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found in Palawan in the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipe ...
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Park, 2003
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Tisis sumatraensis''
Park, 2007
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Tisis thaiana''
Park, 2003
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Tisis xantholepidos''
Park, 2007
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Tisis yasudai
''Tisis yasudai'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found on Sabah, Malaysia's easternmost state,
The wingspan is about 17.5 mm for males and 17–19 mm for females. The forewings ar ...
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Park, 2003
References
Lecithocerinae
Moth genera
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