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Elusa (moth)

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Elusa
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Elusa

Walker, [1859]
Synonyms
  • Alimala Walker, 1862
  • Seria Walker, 1862
  • Penza Walker, [1863]
  • Lugana Moore, 1882
  • Desana Swinhoe, 1900

Elusa is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Eyes naked and without lashes. Proboscis 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.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.