Ozola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.

Ozola
Ozola liwana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Desmobathrinae
Genus: Ozola
Walker, 1861[1]
Type species
Ozola microniaria Walker, 1862
Synonyms
  • Carima Walker, 1862
  • Desmobathra Meyrick, 1886
  • Tosaura Swinhoe, 1892
  • Zarmigethusa Walker, 1863

Description

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Palpi porrect (extending forward), clothed with hair and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male ciliated. Abdomen and legs are long and slender. Hind tibia dilated with a fold containing a hair tuft. Forewings long and narrow, with round apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 10 absent, whereas vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and then with veins 8 and 9. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from just above middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ozola Walker, 1861". Afromoths. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ozola Walker, 1861". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 1, 2018.