Olulis
Appearance
Olulis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Calpinae |
Genus: | Olulis Walker, 1863 [1][2] |
Type species | |
Olulis puncticinctalis | |
Synonyms | |
Olulis is a genus in the moth family Erebidae. There are about eight described species in Olulis, found in South, Southeast, and East Asia, and in Australia.[6][7]
This genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[7]
Description
[edit]Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head, and long third joint naked. Antennae ciliated. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Mid legs of male with a large hair from base of tibia. Forewings long and narrow with acute apex. The outer margin angled at middle. Veins 8 to 10 from before the angle and stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4. Veins 5 from near middle of discocellulars.[8]
Species
[edit]These eight species belong to the genus Olulis:[6][7]
- Olulis albilineata Hampson, 1926
- Olulis lactigutta Hampson, 1907
- Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926 (placement uncertain)
- Olulis methaema Hampson, 1926
- Olulis postrosea Hampson, 1926
- Olulis puncticinctalis Walker, 1863
- Olulis rosacea Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Olulis subrosea Turner, 1908
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Olulis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ a b Walker, Francis (1863). "Genus 77. Olulis". Crambites & Tortricites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 27. London: Edward Newman. pp. 126–127.
- ^ Olulis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
- ^ Walker, Francis (1863). "Genus 79. Hamaxia". Crambites & Tortricites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 27. London: Edward Newman. p. 128.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1864). "Genus Phachthia". Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 30. London: Edward Newman. pp. 979–980.
- ^ a b "Olulis". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ a b c "Olulis Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). "Genus Olulis". The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 65 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Olulis Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2018.