''Risoba'' 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 ...
of
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
Nolidae
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...
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 1881.
Description
Its palpi are upturned and reach the vertex of the head. Antennae almost as long as forewing, with fasciculated (bundled) cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, latter long. Tibia smooth and spineless. Forewings without raised tufts and rectangular apex. Cilia non-crenulate. Retinaculum of male bar shaped and claspers long and elongate.
Species
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Risoba avola''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba basalis''
Moore, 1882
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Risoba becki''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba caeruleata
''Risoba'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae 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 ...
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Holloway, 2003
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Risoba calaina''
Zerny, 1916
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Risoba calainigrata''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba calainodes''
A. E. Prout, 1928
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Risoba chlora''
Hampson, 1912
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Risoba delicata''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba diehli''
Kobes, 1982
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Risoba diphteroides
''Risoba'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1881.
Description
Its palpi are upturned and reach the vertex of the head. Antennae almost as long as forewing, with fasciculated (bundled) cilia in male. Thorax a ...
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Hampson, 1898
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Risoba diphtheropsis''
A. E. Prout, 1924
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Risoba diplogramma''
Hampson, 1912
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Risoba diversipennis''
(Walker, 1858)
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Risoba flavipennis''
Hampson, 1895
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Risoba glauca''
Hampson, 1912
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Risoba guichardi''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba harmani''
Holloway, 2003 (Borneo, Brunei, Indonesia)
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Risoba helbaueri''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba hiemischi''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba hollowayi''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba jucunda''
(Walker, 1862)
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Risoba kebea''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba lunata''
(Möschler, 1887) (Ghana, Congo, Nigeria)
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Risoba malagasy''
(Viette, 1965) (Madagascar)
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Risoba martinii
''Risoba'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1881.
Description
Its palpi are upturned and reach the vertex of the head. Antennae almost as long as forewing, with fasciculated (bundled) cilia in male. Thorax a ...
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Holloway, 2003
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Risoba menhoferi''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba obscurivialis''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba obstructa''
Moore, 1881
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Risoba olivens''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba orientalis''
Holloway, 1976
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Risoba ornata''
Wileman & West, 1929
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Risoba owgarra''
A. E. Prout, 1921
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Risoba pratti''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba prominens''
Moore, 1881 (Nepal to Japan/New Guinea)
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Risoba rafflesae''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba rectilinea''
Draudt, 1950 (China)
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Risoba repugnans''
(Walker, 1856)
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Risoba rothei''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba samarinda''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba sticticata''
A. E. Prout, 1924 (New Guinea)
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Risoba sticticraspis''
Hampson, 1912
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Risoba tenuipoda''
(Strand, 1920)
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Risoba thalasscura''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba trivialis''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
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Risoba variegata''
(Moore, 1882) (India)
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Risoba variegatoides''
Poole, 1989
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Risoba vialis''
Moore, 1881 (India to Borneo)
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Risoba viridangulata''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba viridata''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Risoba viridescens''
Hampson, 1914
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Risoba vitellina''
(Moore, 1882) (India)
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Risoba walshae''
Holloway, 2003
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Risoba wittstadti''
Kobes, 2006 (Sumatra)
References
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''Naturkundliches Informationssystem''
Nolidae
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