Catephia olivacea

Catephia olivacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catephia
Species:	C. olivacea
Binomial name
	Catephia olivacea; (Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
	Idicara olivacea Walker, 1863;

Catephia olivacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Borneo.[2]

Adults are greenish cinereous, the forewings thinly black-speckled, with black basal, interior and exterior zigzag lines. The reniform spot is incompletely bordered with black and there is a short broad blackish mark near the exterior border towards the tip. The marginal spots are black. The hindwings are brown, but white towards the base.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catephia olivacea (Walker 1863)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.
Lepidopterorum Catalogus
"London, Linnean Society Of. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 1864. Vol. 7. 1864". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-02.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catephia olivacea (Walker 1863)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015.

[2] Lepidopterorum Catalogus

[3] "London, Linnean Society Of. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 1864. Vol. 7. 1864". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-02.