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]

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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