''Dysphania'' is a genus of colourful moths in the family

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and typical of the

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Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast Australia,

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, and

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and

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Description

Most ''Dysphania'' are day flying, but there are also

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species. With a typical wingspan of , 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 ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' Felder 1874 * ''

Dysphania cyane ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Cramer,

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* '' Dysphania discalis'' (Walker, 1854) * ''

Dysphania electra ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' Weymer, 1885 * '' Dysphania fenestrata'' Swainson 1833 * '' Dysphania flavidiscalis'' Warren, 1895 * '' Dysphania glaucescens'' (Walker, 1861) * ''

Dysphania malayanus ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - Thailand, western Malesia to Palawan * ''

Dysphania militaris ''Dysphania militaris'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae that is found from in the tropical regions of South and Southeast Asian countries such as China, India, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Sumatra and Java. It was first described by ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - India, southern China, Indochina, Malesia * '' Dysphania numana'' (Cramer, 779 - type species as ''

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numana'' - northern Australia,

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island

* '' Dysphania palmyra'' Stoll, 1790 - Sri Lanka * '' Dysphania percota'' (Swinhoe, 1891) - western India * '' Dysphania poeyii'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) * '' Dysphania prunicolor'' Moore, 1879 - India and Sri Lanka * '' Dysphania sagana'' (Druce, 1882) - Indochina, Sumatra * '' Dysphania snelleni'' (Pagenstecher, 1886) * ''

Dysphania subrepleta ''Dysphania subrepleta'' is a species of false tiger moth (genus ''Dysphania'') in the subfamily Geometrinae. Records are from Indo-China and western Malesia including Borneo, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue o ...

'' (Walker, 1854) - Indochina, western Malesia including Borneo * ''

Dysphania transducta ''Dysphania'' may refer to: * Dysphania (moth), ''Dysphania'' (moth), a Lepidoptera animal genus * Dysphania (plant), ''Dysphania'' (plant), an Amaranthaceae plant genus {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Walker, 1861)

References

''Dysphania''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5319547 Geometrinae