Banisia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Thyridoidea

Familia: Thyrididae
Subfamilia: Striglininae
Genus: Banisia
Species: B. myrsusalis – B. whalleyi
References

Inoue, H., 1998: The Zygaenidae, Hyblaeidae, Thyrididae, Limacodidae, Uraniidae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae and Nolinae (Noctuidae) of the Ogasawara Islands, with additions and corrections to the Geometridae and Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) : Moths of Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Part IV. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 49(4): 271–287. [1].

Banisia is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae.
Species

Some species of this genus are:[2][3]

Banisia aldabrana (Fryer, 1912)
Banisia antiopa (Viette, 1954)
Banisia apicale (Fryer, 1912)
Banisia clathrula (Guenée, 1877)
Banisia fuliginea (Whalley, 1971)
Banisia furva (Warren, 1905)
Banisia inoptata (Whalley, 1971)
Banisia joccatia (Whalley, 1971)
Banisia myrtaea (Drury, 1773)
Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
Banisia tibiale (Fryer, 1912)
Banisia zamia (Whalley, 1971)

References

Walker, 1864c. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. - Journal of the Linnean Society of London 7:49–84, 160–198.
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