Olapa nigricosta Hampson, 1905

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FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Lymantriinae
GENUS	Olapa
SPECIES	nigricosta
AUTHOR	Hampson, 1905
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Olapa nigricosta, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, 1899.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438.
PAGINATION	392

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Subspecies

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
nigricosta	Hampson, 1905	Subspecies
minima	Hering, 1926	Subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). - — 16(3):73-124.	114 (as minima)
South Africa	Western Cape	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389-438.	392
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67.	12
South Africa	Eastern Cape	Janse A. J. T. 1915a. Contribution towards our knowledge of the South African Lymantriidae. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):1-67.	12
Tanzania		Hering E. M. 1926-1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:123-125, 127-204, 349-351.	137 (as minima)

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