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'' Dysodia'' 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 of the family
Thyrididae The Thyrididae comprise the family of picture-winged leaf moths. They are the only family in the superfamily Thyridoidea, which sometimes has been included in the Pyraloidea, but this is not supported by cladistic analysis. Most species live in ...
. It was described by
James Brackenridge Clemens James Brackenridge Clemens (31 January 1825, in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling, Virginia – 11 January 1867, in Easton, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera. He described many new species. His collection of ...
in 1860.


Description

Forewings long. Hindwings with apex acute, the outer margin straight. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the third joint acute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Legs are with hairy femur and tibia. Forewings excurved at veins 2, 3 and 4. Veins 7, 8 and 9 from close to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. The outer margin is irregular and excised below the apex. Thorax and abdomen is stout.


Species

Some species of this genus are: *'' Dysodia amania'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia antennata'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia binoculata'' Warren, 1901 *'' Dysodia brandbergensis'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia collinsi'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia constellata'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia fenestratella'' Warren, 1900 *'' Dysodia flavidula'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia fumida'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia hamata'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia ignita'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Dysodia incognita'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia intermedia'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Dysodia lutescens'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia magnifica'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia meyi'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia namibiensis'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia parvita'' Whalley, 1971 *'' Dysodia subsignata'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia vitrina'' (Boisduval, 1829) *'' Dysodia zellerii'' (Dewitz, 1881)


References

Thyrididae Moth genera {{Thyrididae-stub