''Sijua'' 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
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 ...
from
Africa
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.
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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