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Olepa ricini fabricius moth video
Olepa ricini (Darth Maul moth, ) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. In many countries and local books, the species is still named as Pericallia ricini.
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Description
Closely resembled much less distributed Olepa ocellifera, differ only due to lack of chain like small yellow banded black spots in between large spots in fore wings, which present in O. ocellifera.
In The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii, Hampson discussed b0th two species in single quote as follows:
It is a minor pest, where caterpillar hosts on cotton, castor, sunflower, gingelly, maize, ivy gourd, brinjal, sweetpotato, banana, Cucurbita crops.
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