Biology:Ischalis
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Ischalis Walker, 1863[1]
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Ischalis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[2] The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863. All species within this genus are endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Host species
Larvae of species in the genus Ischalis are hosted by only a few specific plants in two major orders of ferns, Hymenophyllales and Gleicheniales.[3]
Species
Species contained in this genus are as follows:[4][5]
- Ischalis dugdalei Weintraub & Scoble, 2004
- Ischalis fortinata (Guenée, 1868)
- Ischalis gallaria (Walker, 1860)
- Ischalis nelsonaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Ischalis variabilis (Warren, 1895)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 , pp. 166, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ISCHALIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=14795.0.
- ↑ Weintraub, Jason D.; Lawton, John H.; Scoble, Malcolm J. (July 1995). "Lithinine moths on ferns: a phylogenetic study of insect-plant interactions" (in en). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 55 (3): 239–250. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01062.x. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01062.x.
- ↑ , p. 459, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ , Wikidata Q45004720
Wikidata ☰ Q6079211 entry
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