Oraesia provocans
Oraesia provocans, the provocative calpe,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout continental Africa, India and Sri Lanka.[2]
| Provocative calpe | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Oraesia |
| Species: | O. provocans |
| Binomial name | |
| Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858 | |
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Description
Its wingspan is about 48 mm. Antennae of the male are minutely ciliated. Forewings with angled outer margin. Male has dark palpi. Forewings with a silver streak on vein 2 before the oblique line. A silver streak found at apex and line on outer margin below apex. Female is much darker.[3]
The larvae feed on Cissampelos species[4] and Adenia gummifera.
References
- "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". African Moths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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