Ochrota unicolor is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1857. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Ochrota unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ochrota
Species:
O. unicolor
Binomial name
Ochrota unicolor
(Hopffer, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Crocota unicolor Hopffer, 1857
  • Bettonia ferruginea Butler, 1898
  • Setina imminuta Saalmüller, 1880
  • Setina innominata Saalmüller, 1880
  • Setina quadripunctata Walker, 1865
  • Megacraspedum quinquepunctatum Mabille, 1900
  • Lithosia rubriceps Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Philenora unicolor ab. somalensis Strand, 1922
  • Philenora unicolor ab. subapicalipicta Strand, 1922
  • Philenora unicolor ab. subapicalipunctis Strand, 1922

References edit

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ochrota unicolor (Hopffer, 1857)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.