Teulisna Walker 1862

Teulisna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862. They are found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Borneo and Java.

Description

Palpi short, porrect (extending forward) and hairy. Antennae of male with short cilia and bristles. Forewings 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 (fusing) with vein 12. Male with the bent median nervure and narrow cell outer part. Neuration somewhat distorted. Hindwing 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

• Teulisna tetragona (Walker, 1854)

References

Teulisna is een geslacht van vlinders uit de onderfamilie beervlinders (Arctiinae) van de familie spinneruilen (Erebidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1862 door Francis Walker.

De typesoort is: Teulisna plagiata Walker, 1862.

Soorten

• Teulisna atratella
• Teulisna auriflua
• Teulisna basigera
• Teulisna bipectinis
• Teulisna bipunctata
• Teulisna brunnea
• Teulisna chilodes
• Teulisna curviplaga
• Teulisna diastropha
• Teulisna divisa
• Teulisna flexusa
• Teulisna harmani
• Teulisna impara
• Teulisna inducta
• Teulisna karena
• Teulisna klapperichi
• Teulisna locus
• Teulisna macropallida
• Teulisna maculata
• Teulisna mithunoides
• Teulisna montanebula
• Teulisna murina
• Teulisna nebulosa
• Teulisna nigricauda
• Teulisna nigrisquama
• Teulisna obliquistria
• Teulisna pallida
• Teulisna pallidicauda
• Teulisna pendleburyi
• Teulisna plagiata
• Teulisna postmaculosa
• Teulisna protuberans
• Teulisna pseudochiloides
• Teulisna quadratella
• Teulisna quadrisignata
• Teulisna reflexa
• Teulisna ruptifascia
• Teulisna semibrunnea
• Teulisna squamata
• Teulisna steineri
• Teulisna submontana
• Teulisna tjibodas
• Teulisna tricornuta
• Teulisna tumida
• Teulisna uniformis
• Teulisna uniplaga
• Teulisna vestigiata
• Teulisna xanthura

• Dubatolov, V.V., Y. Kishida & M. Wang, 2012: New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Tinea 22(1): 25-52.

Teulisna é um gênero de traça pertencente à família Arctiidae.^[1]

Referências

Bibliografia

• Bates DL, Fenton MB (1990) Aposematism or startle? Predators learn their responses to the defenses of prey. Can J Zool 68:49–52
• Dunning DC, Krüger M (1995) Aposematic sounds in African moths. Biotropica 27:227–231
• Dunning DC, Acharya L, Merriman CB, Ferro LD (1992) Interactions between bats and arctiid moths. Can J Zool 70:2218–2223
• Fullard JH, Fenton MB, Simmons JA (1979) Jamming bat echolocation: the clicks of arctiid moths. Can J Zool 57:647–649
• William Conner (ed.). (2009). Tiger moths and woolly bears : behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press: New York. ISBN 9780195327373