Olapa fulviceps Hampson, 1910
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lymantriinae |
| GENUS | Olapa |
| SPECIES | fulviceps |
| AUTHOR | Hampson, 1910 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Olapa fulviceps, sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo, SE Katanga, 4000 ft, 25.xi.1907, leg. S. A. Neave. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 3♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. |
| PAGINATION |
455; pl. 38, fig. 15
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Katanga | Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388-510, pls 36-41. | 455 |
| Kenya | Dall'Asta U. 2004. Lymantriidae and Notodontidae: Thaumetopoeinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:305-309. | 172 | |
| Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 175 | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 175 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Caesalpiniaceae | Brachystegia sp. | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 175 | |
| Malvaceae | Azanza sp. | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 175 | |
| Caesalpiniaceae | Brachystegia boehmii | Zimbabwe | Masterson A. N. B. & Weaving A. J. S. 1975. A survey of breeding activity in Brachystegia woodland. - Honeyguide 83:31-38. | 37 |
