- Olepa
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Olepa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Arctiidae Subfamily: Arctiinae Tribe: Spilosomini Genus: Olepa
Watson, 1980Type species Alope ocellifera
Walker, 1855Synonyms - Alope Walker, 1855
Olepa is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. Most part of species occur in India and Sri Lanka, one species was described from Israel.
Species
- ricini group:
- Olepa clavatus (Swinhoe, 1885)
- Olepa coromandelica Dubatolov, 2011
- Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986
- 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)
References
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2011.: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 136-137.
- Orhant, G., 1986: Deuxieme contribution a l’etude des lépidoptères heteroceres du sud-est Asiatique (1.) Le complexe d’especes ‘ricini Fabricius’ (Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Bulletin de la Société Sciences Naturelles de France 50: 9-22, Paris.
- Orhant, G., 2000: Un nouvel Olepa de l’Inde (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Lambillionea 100 (2): 269-270, Bruxelles.
- Witt, T.J., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D., Miller, M.A., Hausmann, A. & Speidel, W., 2005: A new Olepa species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 54 (3/4): 101-115, München.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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