Olepa coromandelica
| Olepa coromandelica | |
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| Olepa coromandelica, types, male above, female below. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Olepa |
| Species: | O. coromandelica |
| Binomial name | |
| Olepa coromandelica Dubatolov, 2011 | |
Olepa coromandelica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was found in India in the 19th century on the Coromandel Coast. No modern specimen were collected later. Probably, it is extinct now.
References
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 136-137.
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