Olepa ocellifera
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Olepa |
| Species: | O. ocellifera
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| Olepa ocellifera (Walker, 1855)
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Olepa ocellifera is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]
Description[edit]
Ths species closely resembles the much more widely distributed Olepa ricini, and differs only in the presence of a chain-like series of small yellow-banded black spots in between the large spots on the forewings, which are lacking in O. ricini. Head and thorax dark greyish brown. Collar fringed with crimson and with a pair of pale-ringed black spots. Tegulae with two pairs and vertex of thorax with one similar spot. Abdomen crimson with a series of short dorsal black bands and lateral spots. Forewings are fuscous brown with very numerous pale-ringed black spots in the interspaces. Hindwing crimson, with ante-medial, medial, post-medial and marginal bands and more or less conjoined blotches. Larva dark brown in body colour with white and dorsal and lateral tufts of long dark hair.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Olepa ocellifera (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ Witt, Thomas J.; Müller, Günter C.; Kravchenko, Vasiliy D.; Miller, Michael A.; Hausmann, Axel & Speidel, Wolfgang (2005). "A new Olepa species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)" (PDF). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen. 54 (3/4): 101–115.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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