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Olepa
''Olepa'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Watson in 1980. Most part of species occur in India and Sri Lanka, though one species was described from Israel. Its name is the anagram of ''Alope'', the original preoccupied In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon. The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the s ... name of the genus. Species *''ricini'' group: ** '' Olepa clavatus'' (Swinhoe, 1885) ** '' Olepa coromandelica'' Dubatolov, 2011 ** '' Olepa koslandana'' Orhant, 1986 ** '' Olepa neumuthi'' Orhant, 2012 ** '' Olepa ricini'' (Fabricius, 1775) ** '' Olepa schleini'' Witt et al., 2005 ** '' Olepa toulgoeti'' Orhant, 1986 *''ocellifera'' group ** '' Olepa anomi'' Orhant, 1986 ** '' Olepa duboisi'' Orhant, 1986 ** '' Olepa kakatii'' Orhant, 2000 ** '' Olepa ocellifera'' (Walker, 1855) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olepa Ricini
''Olepa ricini'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. An older treatment placed the species in the genus ''Pericallia''. Description It closely resembles the much less distributed ''Olepa ocellifera'', and differs only in the lack of a chain like series of small yellow banded black spots in between large spots in forewings, which are present in ''O. ocellifera''. In ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II'', Hampson discussed both species as follows: It is a minor pest, as a caterpillar, on cotton, castor, sunflower, gingelly, maize, ivy gourd, brinjal, sweetpotato, banana and ''Cucurbita'' crops. References Spilosomina Moths described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Spilosomina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
