Olepa ocellifera

Olepa ocellifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Olepa
Species:	O. ocellifera
Binomial name
	Olepa ocellifera; (Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
	Alope ocellifera Walker, 1855;

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

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

^ 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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[1] Savela, Markku. "Olepa ocellifera (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[2] 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.

[3] 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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