''Tisis'' is a genus of small
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 in the family
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1864.
[Wu, Ch.-Sh. (1998). "Genus ''Tisis'' Walker from Malaysia and Indonesia (Lepidoptera:Lecithoceridae), with Description of Three New Species". ''Zoological Studies''. 37 (3): 191-196.]
Species
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Tisis amabilis''
Park, 2003
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Tisis argyrophaea''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis asterias''
Park, 2003
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Tisis aurantiella''
Park, 2003
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Tisis auricincta''
Diakonoff, 1967
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Tisis aurifasciata''
Park, 2007
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Tisis bicolorella''
Walker, 1864
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Tisis boleta''
C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis cerambycina''
Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis chalybaeella''
(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis charadraea''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis colubrialis''
Park, 2005
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Tisis diehli''
Park, 2007
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Tisis elegans''
(Snellen, 1903)
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Tisis eurylampis''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis frimensis''
Park, 2005
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Tisis gloriosa''
Park, 2009
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Tisis helioclina''
Meyrick, 1894
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Tisis hemixysta''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis hyacinthina''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis imperatrix''
Meyrick, 1910
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Tisis isoplasta''
Meyrick, 1929
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Tisis javaica
''Tisis javaica'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2007. It is found in Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a ...
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Park, 2007
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Tisis latiductalis''
Park, 2005
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Tisis luteella''
(Snellen, 1903)
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Tisis meliorella''
Walker, 1864
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Tisis mendicella
''Tisis mendicella'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is . The forewings are dark fuscous with two or three short whitish str ...
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(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis mesozosta''
Meyrick, 1914
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Tisis nemophorella''
Walker, 1864
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Tisis nielseni''
Park, 2001
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Tisis penrissenica''
Park, 2005
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Tisis plautata''
C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis polemarcha
''Tisis polemarcha'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo and Sabah.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are light orange with thick costal and dorsal and slender me ...
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Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis polychlora''
Meyrick, 1926
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Tisis sabahensis''
Park, 2003
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Tisis sandaradema''
C. S. Wu, 1998
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Tisis seclusella''
(Walker, 1864)
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Tisis sophistica
''Tisis sophistica'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found in Palawan in the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipe ...
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Park, 2003
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Tisis sumatraensis''
Park, 2007
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Tisis thaiana''
Park, 2003
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Tisis xantholepidos''
Park, 2007
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Tisis yasudai
''Tisis yasudai'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found on Sabah, Malaysia's easternmost state,
The wingspan is about 17.5 mm for males and 17–19 mm for females. The forewings ar ...
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Park, 2003
References
Lecithocerinae
Moth genera
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