Autoba olivacea

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Autoba olivacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Autoba
Species:
A. olivacea
Binomial name
Autoba olivacea
Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
  • Acontia olivaceaWalker, [1858]
  • Anthophila nebuliferaWalker, 1865

Autoba olivacea, the brinjal leaf roller, [1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. [2] It is found in several African countries such as Botswana, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Sri Lanka. [3] and India. [4]

Larval food plants are Solanum melongena , [5] Solamun pectinatum and Gossypium species. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Autoba olivacea (Walker, 1858) bio". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Species Details: Autoba olivacea Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Autoba olivacea (Walker, [1858])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Autoba olivacea (Walker, 1858)". African Moths. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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