Olulis

Olulis
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 Walker, 1863 [3] [2]
Synonyms
HamaxiaWalker, 1863 [4] PhachthiaWalker, 1864 [5]

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

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

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Olulis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. "Olulis". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
7. "Olulis Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
8. 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.