''Hirasa'' is a
geometer moth genus
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of
tribe
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Gnophini
Gnophini is a tribe of moths
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in the subfamily
Ennominae. The genus was erected by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1888.
Species
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include:
* ''
Hirasa pauperus
''Hirasa'' is a geometer moth genus of tribe Gnophini in the subfamily Ennominae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1888.
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as ...
''
(Butler, 1881)
* ''
Hirasa scripturaria
''Hirasa'' is a geometer moth genus of tribe Gnophini in the subfamily Ennominae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1888.
Species include:
* ''Hirasa pauperus
''Hirasa'' is a geometer moth genus of tribe Gnophini in the subfamily En ...
''
(Walker, 1866)
* ''
Hirasa theuropides
''Hirasa'' is a geometer moth genus of tribe Gnophini in the subfamily Ennominae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1888.
Species include:
* ''Hirasa pauperus'' (Butler, 1881)
* ''Hirasa scripturaria
''Hirasa'' is a geometer moth ge ...
''
(Oberthür, 1891)
References
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Geometridae
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