''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'' Orhant, 2000 *'' Ganisa longipennata'' Mell, 1958 *'' Ganisa plana'' Walker, 1855 *'' Ganisa postica'' Walker, 1855 *'' Ganisa pulupuluana'' Nässig, Ignatyev & Witt, 2009 *'' Ganisa similis'' Moore, 1884

Status unknown

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

Former species

*'' Ganisa glaucescens'' Walker, 1855 *'' Ganisa kuangtungensis'' *'' Ganisa melli'' *'' Ganisa pandya'' 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