Oligia

Oligia is a genus in the moth family Noctuidae. There are more than 60 described species in Oligia, found in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Oligia
Oligia dubia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Noctuinae
Tribe:	Apameini
Genus:	Oligia Hübner, [1821]

Oligia modica, black-banded brocade

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Oligia:

• Oligia agelasta Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia albilinea Laporte, 1973
• Oligia ambigua Walker, 1858
• Oligia ambiguella Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia anomalata Berio
• Oligia apameoides Draudt, 1950
• Oligia arbaminchensis Laporte, 1991
• Oligia atrivitta Hampson, 1914
• Oligia bridghamii (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
• Oligia bruneonigra Laporte, 1973
• Oligia chlorostigma (Harvey, 1876)
• Oligia confusa Janse, 1940
• Oligia cupricolor Laporte, 1973
• Oligia decinerea Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906
• Oligia divesta (Grote, 1874)
• Oligia dubia (Heydemann, 1942)
• Oligia egens (Walker, 1857)
• Oligia exsiccata Wallengren, 1860
• Oligia faroulti Rothschild, 1914
• Oligia fasciuncula (Haworth, 1809)
• Oligia flava Laporte, 1973
• Oligia genettae Laporte, 1991
• Oligia grisescens (Heydemann, 1932)
• Oligia h-notata Berio
• Oligia hypothermes Hampson, 1908
• Oligia hypoxantha Hampson, 1914
• Oligia infima Laporte, 1973
• Oligia instructa Walker, 1865
• Oligia intermedia Berio
• Oligia latra Berio
• Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Oligia leleupi Berio
• Oligia leuconephra Hampson, 1908
• Oligia longidens Berio
• Oligia mediofasciata Draudt, 1950
• Oligia melanodonta Hampson, 1908
• Oligia minuscula (Morrison, 1875)
• Oligia modica (Guenée, 1852)
• Oligia multiplicata Berio
• Oligia nigrithorax Draudt, 1950
• Oligia niveiplaga Draudt, 1950
• Oligia nyctichroa Jones, D., 1908
• Oligia obsolescens Berio
• Oligia obtusa (Smith, 1902)
• Oligia pachydetis Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia parathermes Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Oligia perpusilla Berio
• Oligia pseudodubia Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
• Oligia rampartensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
• Oligia rufilinea Laporte, 1973
• Oligia rufulonigra Laporte, 1973
• Oligia rufulus Laporte, 1973
• Oligia rufulusoides Laporte, 1973
• Oligia scriptonigra Laporte, 1973
• Oligia scriptonova Berio, 1977
• Oligia semidiaphana Berio
• Oligia sodalis Draudt, 1950
• Oligia stenopterygioides Berio
• Oligia strigilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Oligia subambigua Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia suleiman Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
• Oligia tripunctata Fletcher, 1961
• Oligia turcia Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
• Oligia tusa (Grote, 1878)
• Oligia vandarban Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
• Oligia versicolor (Borkhausen, 1792)
• Oligia violacea (Grote, 1881)
• Oligia vulnerata Butler, 1878

Former species

• Oligia arbora is now known as Mesapamea arbora (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
• Oligia fractilinea is now known as Mesapamea fractilinea (Grote, 1874)
• Oligia hausta (Grote, 1882) is now a synonym of Neoligia semicana (Walker, 1865)
• Oligia illocata is now known as Fishia illocata (Walker, 1857)
• Oligia indirecta is now known as Xylomoia indirecta (Grote, 1875)
• Oligia laevigata (Smith, 1898) is now a synonym of Neoligia subjuncta (Smith, 1898)
• Oligia mactata is now known as Platypolia mactata (Guenée, 1852)
• Oligia marina is now Aseptis marina (Grote, 1874)

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Oligia Hübner, [1821]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2018.