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Genus of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elusa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.[1][2]
Elusa | |
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Elusa oenolopha | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Elusa Walker, [1859] |
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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]
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