| Provocative calpe | |
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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: | Oraesia |
| Species: | O. provocans |
| Binomial name | |
| Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858 | |
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Oraesia provocans, the provocative calpe, 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.
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.
The larvae feed on Cissampelos species and Adenia gummifera.
References
- "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". African Moths. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Oraesia provocans Walker, 1858". Afromoths. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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| Oraesia provocans | |
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