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.
Species
Teulisna atratella (Walker, 1864) Teulisna basigera (Walker, 1865) Teulisna bertha Butler, 1877 Teulisna bipectinis Fang, 2000 Teulisna bipunctata (Walker, 1866) Teulisna chiloides Walker, 1862 Teulisna curviplaga (Rothschild, 1912) Teulisna divisa (Walker, 1862) Teulisna harmani Holloway, 2001 Teulisna macropallida Holloway, 2001 Teulisna montanebulosa Holloway, 2001 Teulisna murina (Heylaerts, 1891) Teulisna nebulosa (Walker, 1862) Teulisna nigricauda Holloway, 1982 Teulisna obliquistria Hampson, 1894 Teulisna pallidicauda Holloway, 2001 Teulisna perdentata (Druce, 1899) Teulisna plagiata Walker, 1862 Teulisna pseudochiloides Holloway, 2001 Teulisna quadratella Holloway, 2001 Teulisna reflexa Holloway, 2001 Teulisna ruptifascia (Talbot, 1926) Teulisna semibrunnea Heylaerts, 1891 Teulisna setiniformis (Hampson, 1900) Teulisna steineri Holloway, 2001 Teulisna tricornuta Holloway, 2001 Teulisna tumida (Walker, 1862) Teulisna uniformis (Hampson, 1894) Teulisna uniplaga Hampson, 1894
Former species Teulisna tetragona (Walker, 1854)
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