Focillopis

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Focillopis
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Focillopis

Hampson, 1926
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F. eclipsia
Binomial name
Focillopis eclipsia
Hampson, 1926

Focillopis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Focillopis eclipsia, is known only from West Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926. [1] [2]

It has a wingspan of 35–41 mm, a chocolate brown head, antennae with short cilia, the thorax and abdomen are dark reddish brown or greyish brown. The basic colour of both wings is greyish-brown with a chocolate-brown patch at the costa.

Two more species were described as Focillopis but where transferred to Catada by Martin Lödl in 2001. [3]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1926). Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the Subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History): 1–641.
  3. Lödl, M. (2001). "Notes on the genus Focillopis Hampson, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae)". Quadrifina. 4: 117-124.