{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Walker, 1858 | taxon = Olyssa calamitosa | authority = Walker, 1858 | synonyms = *''Eudesmeola inscripta'' <small>Turner, 1932</small> }}
'''''Olyssa''''' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, '''''Olyssa calamitosa''''', is found in Australia in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=16 June 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/calpinae/olyssa/ |title=''Olyssa'' Walker, 1858 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{LepIndex |id=286933 |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=5 November 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=20286.0 |title=''Olyssa'' Walker, 1858 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref>
The wingspan is about 40 mm.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=12 May 2019|url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/calamitosa.html |title=''Olyssa calamitosa'' Walker, 1858 |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref>
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Category:Calpinae Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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