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Olepa ocellifera

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Olepa ocellifera

Olepa ocellifera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Closely resembled much wider Olepa ricini, differ only due to presence of chain like small yellow banded black spots in between large spots in fore wings, which lack in O. ricini. Head and thorax dark greyish brown in color. Collar fringed with crimson and with a pair of pale-ringed black spots. Tegulae with two pairs and vertex of thorax with one similar spot. Abdomen crimson with a series of short dorsal black bands and lateral spots. Fore wings are fuscous brown with very numerous pale-ringed black spots in the interspaces. Hind wing crimson, with ante-medial, medial, post-medial and marginal bands and more or less conjoined blotches. Larva dark brown in body color with white and dorsal and lateral tufts of long dark hair.

References

Olepa ocellifera Wikipedia