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Elusa (moth)

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Elusa
Elusa oenolopha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Elusa
Walker, [1859]
Synonyms
  • Alimala Walker, 1862
  • Seria Walker, 1862
  • Penza Walker, [1863]
  • Lugana Moore, 1882
  • Desana C. Swinhoe, 1900

Elusa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.[1][2]

Description

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Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled. Third joint is short. Antennae of male bipectinated, where branches bent round and almost forming a cylinder just before the middle, where the shaft is contorted and the branches form a large hollow cup, after which they gradually diminish to apex. Thorax tuftless. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Legs with dense hairy tibia. Hindlegs are clothed with very long hair to the end of tarsi. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia, where the inner margin lobed at base. There are long scaly tufts at outer angle.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Elusa Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Elusa Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.