Biology:Olapa tavetensis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Olapa tavetensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1892.[1]
Distribution
It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa , Sudan and Tanzania.[2]
This species has a wingspan of 40 mm. The wings are white with two minute black spots at the end of the cells of the primaries.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (August 31, 2017). "Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/lymantriinae/olapa/#tavetensis. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/OLAPTAVE. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Holland, W. J. (1892). "Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera". The Entomologist. 25 (supplement): 89–95.
Wikidata ☰ Q13478858 entry
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