Olapa tavetensis

Olapa tavetensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Genus: Olapa
Species: O. tavetensis
Binomial name
Olapa tavetensis
(Holland, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Antiphella telesilla Druce, 1899
  • Leucoma tavetensis Holland, 1892

Olapa tavetensis is a moth of the family Erebidae.

Distribution

It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 40mm. The wings are white with two minute black spots at the end of the cells of the primarys. [2]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (19.Nov.2014)
  2. ↑ Holland, W. J. 1892a. Descriptions of some new species of African lepidoptera. - The Entomologist 25(Supplement):89–95
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