''Hypsidia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 belonging to the
subfamily Thyatirinae of the
Drepanidae
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a supe ...
. It was described by
Walter Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presen ...
in 1896.
Species
*The ''niphosema''
species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
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Hypsidia australica''
(Sick, 1938)
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Hypsidia grisea''
Scoble & Edwards, 1988
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Hypsidia microspila''
(Turner, 1942)
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Hypsidia niphosema''
(Lower, 1908)
*The ''erythropsalis'' species group
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Hypsidia erythropsalis''
Rothschild, 1896
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Hypsidia robinsoni''
Hacobian, 1986
References
Thyatirinae
Drepanidae genera
Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
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