Ozola Explained

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

Description

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.^[1]

Species

• Ozola apparata (Prout, 1928) – from Sumatra, Java and Borneo
• Ozola basisparsata (Walker, [1863]) – from Borneo, Engano, Palawan, and Philippines
• Ozola biangulifera (Moore, 1888) – from Himalaya
• Ozola concreta (Prout, 1931) – from Malaysia
• Ozola defectata (Inoue, 1971) – from Japan
• Ozola extersaria (Walker, 1861) – from India
• Ozola edui (Sommerer, 1995) – from Sumatra, Singapore, and Borneo
• Ozola exigua (Swinhoe, 1902) – from Queensland)
• Ozola falcipennis (Moore, 1888) – from Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo
• Ozola hollowayi (Scoble & Sommerer, 1988) – from Sumatra, Nias, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, South Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, and Queensland
• Ozola indefensa (Warren, 1899) – from New Guinea
• Ozola inexcisata (Fryer, 1912) – from the Seychelles
• Ozola intransilis (Prout, 1928) – from Sumatra and Java
• Ozola impedita (Walker, 1861) – from Borneo
• Ozola japonica (Prout, 1910) – from Japan
• Ozola liwana (Sommerer, 1995) – from Sumatra and Borneo
• Ozola macariata (Walker, [1863]) – from Moluccas and Sulawesi
• Ozola microniaria (Walker, 1862) – from Sri Lanka
• Ozola minor (Moore, 1888) – from Sri Lanka, India, Andamans, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, and Sulawesi
• Ozola minuta (Wiltshire, 1990) – from Yemen and Saudi Arabia
• Ozola niphoplaca (Meyrick, 1886) – from Solomons
• Ozola occidentalis (Prout, 1916) – from Cameroon
• Ozola pannosa (Holloway, 1976) – from Borneo and Sumatra
• Ozola plana (Warren, 1894) – from the Loyalty islands
• Ozola prouti (Holloway, 1976) – from Borneo
• Ozola pulverulenta (Warren, 1897) – southern Africa
• Ozola sinuicosta (Prout, 1910) – from Himalaya
• Ozola submontana (Holloway, 1976) – from Borneo
• Ozola spilotis (Meyrick, 1897) – from Java, Sumatra, and Sumbawa
• Ozola turlini (Herbulot, 1985) – from Sundaland and Sulawesi

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Ozola Walker, 1861 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London . August 1, 2018.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.