Chusaris is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Description Palpi long and porrect (extending forward), where the second joint fringed with scales above. Third joint slender and naked. Thorax smooth. Abdomen with a tuft on basal segment. Legs slender and naked. Forewings long and narrow with depressed and acute apex. Slight raised tufts found at middle and end of cell. Forewings with veins 6 and 7 arise from angle of cell and veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Species Chusaris albilineata Holloway, 2008 Chusaris albipunctalis Rothschild, 1915 Chusaris bisinuata Hampson, 1898 Chusaris compripalpis Strand, 1920 Chusaris dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1908 Chusaris dubiosa Strand, 1919 Chusaris figurata (Moore, ) Chusaris griseisigna Holloway, 2008 Chusaris idaeoides (Hampson, 1891) Chusaris indigna (Wileman & West, 1930) Chusaris indistincta (Rothschild, 1920) Chusaris maculalis Walker, Chusaris meterythrina Hampson, 1898 Chusaris microlepidopteronis (Strand, 1920) Chusaris mulumaculata Holloway, 2008 Chusaris nigrisigna Hampson, 1902 Chusaris nigromaculata (Wileman, 1915) Chusaris obliquisignata Holloway, 2008 Chusaris olearia Bethune-Baker, 1908 Chusaris opisthospila Turner, 1909 Chusaris bifasciata Holloway, 2008 Chusaris paucimaculata (Hampson, 1893) Chusaris puncticilia (Hampson, 1891) Chusaris purpurisigna Holloway, 2008 Chusaris renalis (Moore, 1882) Chusaris retatalis Walker, Chusaris retataloides Holloway, 2008 Chusaris rhynchinodes Strand, 1915 Chusaris roseolactea (Rothschild, 1915 Chusaris setocircularis Holloway, 2008 Chusaris signicosta (Walker, ) Chusaris sordida (Wileman & South, 1917) Chusaris venata Warren, 1914 Chusaris violisigna Holloway, 2008
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