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Teulisna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

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Teulisna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. They are found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Borneo and Java.

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Description

Palpi short, porrect and hairy. Antennae of male with short cilia and bristles. Fore wings are triangular with acute apex and erect outer margin. A fringe of long scales in the basal part of the cell on upperside. Veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 5 absent. Veins 6 to 9 stalked, veins 10 from cell. Areole absent. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Male with the bent median nervure and narrow cell outer part. Neuration somewhat distorted. Hind wing with veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked and vein 5 absent. Vein 8 from middle of cell. Male with a patch of modified scales at base of median nervure. The cell short and discocellulars oblique.

Species

  • Teulisna atratella (Walker, 1864)
  • Teulisna basigera (Walker, 1865)
  • Teulisna bertha Butler, 1877
  • Teulisna bipectinis Fang, 2000
  • Teulisna bipunctata (Walker, 1866)
  • Teulisna chiloides Walker, 1862
  • Teulisna curviplaga (Rothschild, 1912)
  • Teulisna divisa (Walker, 1862)
  • Teulisna harmani Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna macropallida Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna montanebulosa Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna murina (Heylaerts, 1891)
  • Teulisna nebulosa (Walker, 1862)
  • Teulisna nigricauda Holloway, 1982
  • Teulisna obliquistria Hampson, 1894
  • Teulisna pallidicauda Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna perdentata (Druce, 1899)
  • Teulisna plagiata Walker, 1862
  • Teulisna pseudochiloides Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna quadratella Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna reflexa Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna ruptifascia (Talbot, 1926)
  • Teulisna semibrunnea Heylaerts, 1891
  • Teulisna setiniformis (Hampson, 1900)
  • Teulisna steineri Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna tricornuta Holloway, 2001
  • Teulisna tumida (Walker, 1862)
  • Teulisna uniformis (Hampson, 1894)
  • Teulisna uniplaga Hampson, 1894

    • Former species

  • Teulisna tetragona (Walker, 1854)

    • References

    Teulisna Wikipedia
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