Olepa coromandelica

Olepa coromandelica
Olepa coromandelica
Olepa coromandelica, types, male above, female below.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Olepa
Species: O. coromandelica
Binomial name
Olepa coromandelica
Dubatolov, 2011

Olepa coromandelica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was found in India in XIX century on the Coromandel Coast. No modern specimen were collected later. Probably, it is extinct now.

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 136-137.