Catephia Olivacea
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''Catephia olivacea'' is a species of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. It is found on
Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
. Adults are greenish cinereous, the forewings thinly black-speckled, with black basal, interior and exterior zigzag lines. The reniform spot is incompletely bordered with black and there is a short broad blackish mark near the exterior border towards the tip. The marginal spots are black. The hindwings are brown, but white towards the base.


References

Catephia Moths described in 1863 Moths of Asia {{Catephiini-stub