Elusa (moth)
Encyclopedia
Elusa is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Elusa affinis Rothschild, 1915
- Elusa alector Wileman & West, 1928
- Elusa antennata (Moore, 1882)
- Elusa binocula Hampson, 1911
- Elusa ceneusalis Walker, [1859]
- Elusa confusa Warren, 1913
- Elusa cyathicornis (Walker, 1862)
- Elusa diloba Hampson, 1909
- Elusa dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Elusa duplicata Warren, 1913
- Elusa flammans Warren, 1913
- Elusa ignea Warren, 1913
- Elusa incertans Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Elusa inventa Berio, 1977
- Elusa mediorufa Hampson, 1909
- Elusa oenolophaElusa oenolophaElusa oenolopha is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from Australia, including Queensland and New South Wales.The forewings are brown with a small lopsided white dumbell near the centre of each forewing. The hindwings are a uniform pale brown....
Turner, 1902 - Elusa orion Roepke, 1956
- Elusa penanorum Holloway, 1989
- Elusa peninsulata (Walker, 1865)
- Elusa pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Elusa puncticeps (Walker, 1863)
- Elusa purpurea Warren, 1913
- Elusa pyrrhobaphes (Turner, 1943)
- Elusa semipecten Swinhoe, 1901
- Elusa simplex Warren, 1913
- Elusa subjecta (Walker, 1865)
- Elusa temburong Holloway, 1989
- Elusa ustulaElusa ustulaElusa ustula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Taiwan.The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are deep, rich brown and only weakly marked....
Hampson, 1909