Oedebasis ovipennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from Mozambique, Seychelles and Réunion.[1]
| Oedebasis ovipennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Oedebasis |
| Species: | O. ovipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedebasis ovipennis Hampson, 1902
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Male: Head, thorax and abdomen are reddish brown mixed with black, forewings pale red brown irrorated (speckled) with black. Hindwings pale fuscous brown.
Female: Vertex of thorax white, abdomen whitish.[2]
Their wingspan is 30 mm.
References
edit- ^ afromoths.net
- ^ Hampson, G. F. 1902. "The moths of South Africa (Part II)". - Annals of the South African Museum 2: page 352
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