''Tyrissa'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1866.
Species
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Tyrissa abscisa''
Schaus, 1912 Suriname
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Tyrissa acygonia''
(Hampson, 1924) Paraguay
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Tyrissa bellula''
Schaus, 1912 French Guiana
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Tyrissa carola''
Schaus, 1906 Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
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Tyrissa laurentia''
Dognin, 1912 French Guiana
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Tyrissa mascara''
(Schaus, 1906) Parana in Brazil
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Tyrissa multilinea''
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 Florida
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Tyrissa perstrigata''
Schaus, 1911 Costa Rica
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Tyrissa polygrapha''
Hampson, 1926 Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
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Tyrissa recurva''
Walker, 1866 south Florida, Dominican Republic
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Tyrissa siaha''
(Schaus, 1911)[Note: Savela gives a date of "223" but which refers to the page numbe]
p.223
Costa Rica
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Tyrissa thara''
(Schaus, 1906) Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
References
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Omopterini
Moth genera
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