Oedebasis ovipennis

Oedebasis ovipennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from Mozambique, Seychelles and Réunion.[1]

Oedebasis ovipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Oedebasis
Species:
O. ovipennis
Binomial name
Oedebasis ovipennis
Hampson, 1902

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
  1. afromoths.net
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1902. "The moths of South Africa (Part II)". - Annals of the South African Museum 2: page 352


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