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Olapa tavetensis

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Species of moth

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.

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.

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.

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Olapa tavetensis
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