''Ischyja'' 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 ...

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

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1823.

Description

Palpi with second joint broad and rectangularly scaled, reaching vertex of head. Third joint long, naked and oblique. Antennae thickened and fasciculate in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia with a triangular tuft of hair. Mid-tibia slightly fringed. Hind tibia clothed with long hair. Forewings with highly arched costa towards the apex, which is produced and acute. Outer margin obliquely curved. Hindwings with very short cell. Male with veins 2 to 4 running close together to near outer margin. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

* '' Ischyja albata'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 * '' Ischyja anna'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Ischyja ebusa'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Ischyja ferrifracta'' Snellen, 1863 * '' Ischyja gynnis'' Prout, 1928 * '' Ischyja hagenii'' Snellen, 1885 * '' Ischyja hemiphaea'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Ischyja inferna'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Ischyja manlia'' Cramer, 1776 * '' Ischyja manlioides'' Prout, 1928 * '' Ischyja marapok'' * '' Ischyja neocherina'' Butler, 1877 * '' Ischyja paraplesius'' Rothschild, 1920 * '' Ischyja subreducta''

References

* * Catocalinae {{Catocalinae-stub