'' Dysodia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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 isn't supported by cladistic analysis. Most species live in t ...

. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.

Description

Forewings long. Hindwings with apex acute, the outer margin straight. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the third joint acute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Legs are with hairy femur and tibia. Forewings excurved at veins 2, 3 and 4. Veins 7, 8 and 9 from close to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. The outer margin is irregular and excised below the apex. Thorax and abdomen is stout.

Species

Some species of this genus are: *'' Dysodia amania'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia antennata'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia binoculata'' Warren, 1901 *'' Dysodia brandbergensis'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia collinsi'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia constellata'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia fenestratella'' Warren, 1900 *'' Dysodia flavidula'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia fumida'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia hamata'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia ignita'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Dysodia incognita'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia intermedia'' (Walker, 1865) *'' Dysodia lutescens'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia magnifica'' Whalley, 1968 *'' Dysodia meyi'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia namibiensis'' Thiele, 2004 *'' Dysodia parvita'' Whalley, 1971 *'' Dysodia subsignata'' Warren, 1908 *'' Dysodia vitrina'' (Boisduval, 1829) *''

Dysodia zellerii ''Dysodia zellerii'' is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. Distribution This species is found in Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. ReferencesDewitz, 1881. Afrikanische Nachtschmetterlinge. Nova acta Leopoldina Bd. 42, ...

'' (Dewitz, 1881)

References

Thyrididae Moth genera {{Thyrididae-stub