Olulis

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Olulis

Walker, 1863 [1] [2]
Type species
Olulis puncticinctalis
Walker, 1863 [3] [2]
Synonyms
  • HamaxiaWalker, 1863 [4]
  • PhachthiaWalker, 1864 [5]

Olulis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

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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. [6]

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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. 1 2 Walker, Francis (1863). "Genus 77. Olulis". Crambites & Tortricites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 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. 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. 30. London: Edward Newman. pp. 979–980.
  6. 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.