Olapa tavetensis

Olapa tavetensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1892.[1]

Olapa tavetensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Lymantriinae
Genus:
Olapa
Species:
O. tavetensis
Binomial name
Olapa tavetensis
(Holland, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Antiphella telesilla Druce, 1899
  • Leucoma tavetensis Holland, 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.[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]

gollark: Aha, it observizes it.
gollark: ++magic py await bot.fetch_channel(826924583466172453)
gollark: Troubling.
gollark: ++magic py type(bot.get_guild(733813103891972130).fetch_channel(826924583466172453))
gollark: ABR *does not see* the channel and it troubles me.

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.


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