Ischalis
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Ischalis variabilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Diptychini |
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

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- ^ 2.0 2.1 "ISCHALIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ Weintraub, Jason D.; Lawton, John H.; Scoble, Malcolm J. (July 1995). "Lithinine moths on ferns: a phylogenetic study of insect-plant interactions". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55 (3): 239–250. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01062.x.
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