Agrotis oliveata Hampson, 1902
FAMILY | Noctuidae |
SUBFAMILY | Noctuinae |
GENUS | Agrotis |
SPECIES | oliveata |
AUTHOR | Hampson, 1902 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Agrotis oliveata, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Cape Province], Cape Colony. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Systematic position doubtful; figured specimens probably belong to two different species (A. Legrain i.l. 19.xi.2017). |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446. |
PAGINATION |
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
South Africa | Western Cape | Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446. | 262 |
South Africa | Eastern Cape | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 186 |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. - — 4:i–xx, 1–689. | 577 |
South Africa | Limpopo | R. Fiebig | |
South Africa | Mpumalanga | R. Fiebig |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Undefined | Undefined Polyphagous | Taylor J. S. 1957a. Notes on the proboscis in the Saturniidae. - Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 69:151–153. | 316 |