en Magusa (moth)

Magusa
	Magusa orbifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Amphipyrinae
Genus:	Magusa; Walker, 1857
Synonyms
	Callixena Saalmüller, 1891; Parastenopterygia Berio, 1955;

Magusa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.

Description

Similar to Euplexa, differs in third joint of palpi reaching above vertex of head. Dorsal tufts of abdomen are slight. Forewings very long and narrow. Apex rounded with oblique outer margin.^[1]

Species

Magusa barbara (Berio, 1940) Eritrea
Magusa divaricata (Grote, 1874)
Magusa erema Hayes, 1975 Galápagos Islands
Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857) southern Canada - US - Argentina
Magusa versicolora (Saalmüller, 1891) Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Malawi, Arabia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Reunion
Magusa viettei (Berio, 1955) Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Magusa Walker, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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