''Tulaya'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. It was previously named ''Hercynella'' but that name was pre-occupied by a genus of fossil molluscs.
Species
*''
Tulaya margelana''
(Bethune-Baker, 1893)
*''
Tulaya staudingeri''
(Bethune-Baker, 1893)
References
* Özdikmen, H. 2007. New substitute names for three preoccupied lepidopteran genera: ''Hercynella'' Bethune-Baker, 1893, ''Coloneura'' Davis, 1964 and ''Paragorgopis'' Viette, 1951 (Lepidoptera). ''Munis Entomology & Zoology'' 1 (2): 115-118
Odontiinae
Crambidae genera
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