Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Catocalinae | |
Focillopis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Type species: Focillopis eclipsia Hampson, 1926 This species is known only from West Africa.
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.
This is the only species in this genus. 2 more species were described as Focillopis but where transferred to Catada by Lödl in 1999:
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