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Olapa tavetensis

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Olapa tavetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
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 first described by William Jacob Holland in 1892.[1]

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 31, 2017). "Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Holland, W. J. (1892). "Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera". The Entomologist. 25 (supplement): 89–95.