''Sijua'' 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 ...
from
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
Type species: ''
Sijua parvula''
Whalley, 1971
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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*'' Sijua canitia'' Whalley, 1971
*'' Sijua flavula'' (Pagenstecher, 1892)
*'' Sijua furcatula'' (Pagenstecher, 1892)
*'' Sijua jejunalis'' (Gaede, 1917)
*'' Sijua latizonalis'' (Hampson, 1897)
*'' Sijua meriani'' (Gaede, 1917)
*'' Sijua neolatizona'' Whalley, 1971
*'' Sijua parvula'' Whalley, 1971
*'' Sijua plagalis'' (Gaede, 1917)
*'' Sijua sigillata'' (Warren, 1898)
References
*Whalley, 1971. ''The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands''. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) Suppl. 17:1–198, pls. 1–68
Thyrididae
Moth genera
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