Ophiusa olista

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Ophiusa olista
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ophiusa
Species:
O. olista
Binomial name
Ophiusa olista
C. Swinhoe, 1893
Synonyms
  • Anua olista(C. Swinhoe, 1893)

Ophiusa olista is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. [1] It is found in China, Thailand and Japan.

The wingspan is 46–48 mm.

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References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.