''Toosa'' 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 ...
erected by
Francis Walker in 1856. The species are found in Africa.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
*''
Toosa batesi''
Bethune-Baker, 1927
*''
Toosa glaucopiformis''
Walker, 1856
*''
Toosa longipes''
(Holland, 1896)
References
External links
*Original description of ''Cicinnoscelis''
''Journal of the New York Entomological Society''
Thyrididae
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Moth genera
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