Tulla is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Elwood Zimmerman in 1958. Its only species, Tulla exonoma, described by Edward Meyrick in 1899, is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.[1][2]

Tulla exonoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Tulla
Zimmerman, 1958
Species:
T. exonoma
Binomial name
Tulla exonoma
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Prionopteryx exonoma Meyrick, 1899

References

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  1. ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
  2. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 22, 2017.