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

Catephia olivacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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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.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.