Ischalis

Ischalis
	Ischalis variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Ischalis; Walker, 1863
Synonyms
	Polygonia Guenée, 1868; Stratocleis Meyrick, 1883; Gonophylla Meyrick, 1885; AzelinaMeyrick, 1883;

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 166. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
^ Jason D. Weintraub; Malcolm J. Scoble (29 April 2004). "Lithinini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 49. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.49. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 56351080. Wikidata Q45004720. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2021.

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[Dugdale1988-1] John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 166. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[:"0"-2] "ISCHALIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

[3] 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.

[NZIB-4] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

[Weintraub-5] Jason D. Weintraub; Malcolm J. Scoble (29 April 2004). "Lithinini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 49. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.49. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 56351080. Wikidata Q45004720. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2021.

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