''Calathusa'' 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 ...

in the

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 ...

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 ...

, erected by Francis Walker in 1858. Many of its species occur in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. This genus is sometimes included in the subfamily

Chloephorinae Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green, but may also be b ...

and sometimes in

Hypeninae The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', Taxonomy The subfamily was previously classi ...

Species

These 33 species belong to the genus ''Calathusa'': * '' Calathusa aethalistis'' Lower, 1915 * '' Calathusa allopis'' Meyrick, 1902 * '' Calathusa anisocentra'' Turner, 1944 * '' Calathusa argentea'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa basicunea'' Walker, 1858 * '' Calathusa basicunoides'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa basirufa'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa brehoa'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa charactis'' Meyrick, 1902 * '' Calathusa cinerea'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa cyrtosticha'' Turner, 1929 * '' Calathusa dispila'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa dubia'' Wileman, 1916 * '' Calathusa eremna'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa glaucopasta'' Turner, 1941 * '' Calathusa hemicapna'' Turner, 1939 * '' Calathusa hemiscia'' Lower, 1915 * '' Calathusa humboldti'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa hypotherma'' Lower, 1903 * '' Calathusa ischnodes'' Turner, 1903 * '' Calathusa maritima'' Turner, 1941 * '' Calathusa mesospila'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa metableta'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa nubilosa'' Hampson, 1914 * '' Calathusa octogesima'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa phaeoneura'' Turner, 1939 * '' Calathusa polyplecta'' Turner, 1929 * '' Calathusa stenophylla'' Turner, 1902 * '' Calathusa striata'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa talesea'' Holloway, 1979 * '' Calathusa taphreuta'' Meyrick, 1902 * '' Calathusa thermosticha'' Lower, 1915 * '' Calathusa uniformis'' Holloway, 1979 Calathusa ischnodes - inat 13175799.jpg, ''Calathusa ischnodes'', Australia Calathusa mesospila - inat 63813063.jpg, ''Calathusa mesospila'', Australia Calathusa basicunea - inat 343458604.jpg, ''Calathusa basicunea'', Australia Calathusa dispila - inat 238264090.jpg, ''Calathusa dispila'', Australia Calathusa cyrtosticha - inat 3193159.jpg, ''Calathusa cyrtosticha'', Australia Calathusa hypotherma - inat 196422319.jpg, ''Calathusa hypotherma'', Australia

References

Hypeninae Noctuoidea genera {{Hypeninae-stub