Hyssia
Encyclopedia
Hyssia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Hyssia adusta Draudt, 1950
- Hyssia cavernosa (Eversmann, 1842)
- Hyssia degenerans Dyar, 1914
- Hyssia hadulina Draudt, 1950
- Hyssia pallidicosta Hampson, 1918
- Hyssia violascens Hampson, 1905