Autoba olivacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Autoba |
Species: | A. olivacea
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Binomial name | |
Autoba olivacea Walker, [1858]
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Autoba olivacea, the brinjal leaf roller,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[2] It is found in several African countries such as Botswana, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Sri Lanka.[3] and India.[4]
Larval food plants are Solanum melongena,[5] Solamun pectinatum and Gossypium species.[6]