| Provocative calpe | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Oraesia |
| Species: | O. provocans |
| Binomial name | |
| Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oraesia provocans, the provocative calpe, [1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout continental Africa, India and Sri Lanka. [2]
Its wingspan is about 48 mm. Antennae of the male are minutely ciliated. Forewings with angled outer margin. Male has dark palpi. Forewings with a silver streak on vein 2 before the oblique line. A silver streak found at apex and line on outer margin below apex. Female is much darker. [3]
The larvae feed on Cissampelos species [4] and Adenia gummifera .
Hippotion celerio, the vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Claterna is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Francis Walker in 1858. Its only species, Claterna cydonia, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Eudocima hypermnestra is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in China, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.
Chiasmia emersaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Nepal, northern Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.
Trichoplusia lectula is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout Asia, including the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo, Java, Japan, as well as Western Australia and Queensland.
Oraesia emarginata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea and Nepal as well as Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Oman and Yemen.
Fascellina chromataria is a moth in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
Maliattha signifera is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand as well as in Australia (Queensland).
Hypena obacerralis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Africa, the Middle East and South Asia and Malaysia.
Phazaca theclata, the cotton leaf roller, is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is known from Africa south of the Sahara, from Saudi Arabia, as well as from India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Eutelia geyeri is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. This species is found in India, Sri Lanka, China and Japan, as well as from Africa, where its presence had been reported from Lesotho and Seychelles.
Thumatha fuscescens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Australia, South-East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar and Gabon.
Lacera alope, the toothed drab, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Africa, where it is known from southern and eastern Africa, including several islands of the Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia, and southern Asia from India, Sri Lanka to China.
Hypomecis separata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java and Borneo.
Blenina donans is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from India, Sri Lanka to the Pacific region.
Calamotropha anticella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Acantholipes trajecta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Ctenoplusia fracta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
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