''Catocala olgaorlovae'' is a

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of the family

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first described by Vasiliy D. Kravchenko et al. in 2008. It is known only from the southern

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where it was collected in two oases of the central

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, En Avdat, En Ziq, and from the

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ian central

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near Santa Katharina. The

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is . Adults are on wing from August to September.Müller, Gunter; Kravchenko, Vasiliy; Witt, Thomas; Junnila, Amy; Mooser, J.; Saldaitis, Aidas; Reshöft, K.; Ivinskis, Povilas; Zahiri, Reza & Speidel, Wolfgang (2008)
"New underwing taxa of the section of ''Catocala lesbia'' Christoph, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)"
''Acta Zoologica Lituanica''. 18 (1): 30-49.

Subspecies

*''Catocala olgaorlovae olgaorlovae'' *''Catocala olgaorlovae duschara'' Lewandowski & Tober, 2008 (Jordan)

References

olgaorlovae Moths described in 2008 Moths of the Middle East {{Catocalini-stub