Oxyplax ochracea

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Oxyplax ochracea
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Larval stage
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Oxyplax
Species:
O. ochracea
Binomial name
Oxyplax ochracea
(Moore, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Aphendala ochraceaMoore, 1883
  • Oxyplax weixiensisCai, 1984

Oxyplax ochracea is a species of moth in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Frederic Moore in 1883. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka, [2] Indonesia, India and Thailand.

It is a pest of orange, tea, and Camellia oleifera . [3]

References

  1. "Species Details: Oxyplax ochracea Moore, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 via Academia.
  3. Wang, Jun; Hou, Dianhai; Wang, Qianran; Kuang, Wenhua; Zhang, Lei; Li, Jiang; Shen, Shu; Deng, Fei; Wang, Hualin; Hu, Zhihong; Wang, Manli (2018). "Genome analysis of a novel Group I alphabaculovirus obtained from Oxyplax ochracea". PLOS ONE. 13 (2): e0192279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192279 . PMC   5794183 . PMID   29390020.