''Ganisa'' is a genus 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

Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Selected species

*'' Ganisa cyanogrisea'' Mell, 1929 *'' Ganisa floresiaca'' Nässig, 2009 *''

Ganisa gyraleus ''Ganisa gyraleus'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It is found in Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland ...

'' Orhant, 2000 *''

Ganisa longipennata ''Ganisa longipennata'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is th ...

'' Mell, 1958 *''

Ganisa plana ''Ganisa plana'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from the Himalayas to southern China and Sundaland, as well as in Palawan in the Philippines. The habitat consists of lowland and lower ...

'' Walker, 1855 *'' Ganisa postica'' Walker, 1855 *''

Ganisa pulupuluana ''Ganisa pulupuluana'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Wolfgang A. Nässig, Nikolay N. Ignatyev and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2009. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indone ...

'' Nässig, Ignatyev & Witt, 2009 *''

Ganisa similis ''Ganisa similis'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It is found from the Himalayas to western China and Sundaland Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a ...

'' Moore, 1884

Status unknown

*''Ganisa aponoides'' *''Ganisa cyanomelaena'' *''Ganisa javana'' *''Ganisa lignea''

Former species

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Ganisa glaucescens ''Eupterote glaucescens'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depe ...

'' Walker, 1855 *''

Ganisa kuangtungensis ''Ganisa postica'' is a species of moth in the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The larvae feed on ''Olea'' and ''Jasminum Jasmine (botanical name: ''Jasminum'', p ...

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Ganisa melli ''Ganisa postica'' is a species of moth in the family Eupterotidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The larvae feed on ''Olea'' and ''Jasminum Jasmine (botanical name: ''Jasminum'', p ...

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Ganisa pandya ''Ganisa'' is a genus of moths of the family Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. ...

'' Moore, 1865

References

* , 2009: Two new species of the genus ''Ganisa'' Walker, 1855 from Sulawesi and Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). ''Entomofauna'' 30: 453-464. * , 2000: Description of a new species of the genus ''Ganisa'' Walker (Eupterotidae) from Thailand. ''Tinea'' 16(3): 149-150. Eupterotinae Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Bombycoidea-stub