Oraesia provocans

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]

Provocative calpe
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
  • Oraesia hartmanni Möschler, 1884

Description

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.

References
  1. "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". African Moths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 October 2018.


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