Isais

Isais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Isais ; Hering, 1937
Species:	I. leipoxaides
Binomial name
	Isais leipoxaides; Hering, 1937

Last updated January 19, 2026

Isais is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Erich Martin Hering in 1937. Its single species, Isais leipoxaides, described by the same author in the same year, is found in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Isais leipoxaides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 25, 2018.
↑ "Genus Isais • 1 living spp"". Catalogue of Life. July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
↑ "2 definitions found for Isais". Nomen.at - Animals and Plants. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
↑ "Isais Hering, 1937". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Isais leipoxaides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[2] "Genus Isais • 1 living spp"". Catalogue of Life. July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[3] "2 definitions found for Isais". Nomen.at - Animals and Plants. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[4] "Isais Hering, 1937". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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