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Genus of moths

Olulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Olulis
Walker, 1863
Type species
Olulis puncticinctalis
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Hamaxia Walker, 1863
  • Phachthia Walker, 1864

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.

This genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

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.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Olulis:

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.
Taxon identifiers
Olulis


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