# Olyssa

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| parent_authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1858
| taxon = Olyssa calamitosa
| authority = Walker, 1858
| synonyms = *''Eudesmeola inscripta'' <small>Turner, 1932</small>
}}

'''''Olyssa''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [moth](/source/moth) genus of the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). Its only species, '''''Olyssa calamitosa''''', is found in Australia in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) and the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory). Both the genus and the species were [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Francis Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)) 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](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London) |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref>

The wingspan is about 40&nbsp;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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