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Teulisna
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Teulisna

Walker, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Corcura Walker, 1862
  • Cossa Walker, 1865
  • Diastrophia Felder, 1874
  • Ityca Walker, 1866
  • Tegulata Walker, 1862
  • Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 (disputed)
  • Bitecta Heylaerts, 1891 (disputed)
  • Lophoneura Hampson, 1894

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

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.[2]

Species

Former species

References

  1. ^ Teulisna at funet.fi
  2. ^ 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.