Oxyplax ochracea is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1883.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Indonesia, India and Thailand.

Oxyplax ochracea
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O. ochracea
Binomial name
Oxyplax ochracea
(Moore, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Aphendala ochracea Moore, 1883
  • Oxyplax weixiensis Cai, 1984

It is a pest of orange, tea, and Camellia oleifera.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Species Details: Oxyplax ochracea Moore, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ Wang, Jun; Hou, Dianhai; Wang, Qianran; Kuang, Wenhua; Zhang, Lei; Li, Jiang; Shen, Shu; Deng, Fei; Wang, Hualin; Hu, Zhihong; Wang, Manli (2018). "Genome analysis of a novel Group I alphabaculovirus obtained from Oxyplax ochracea". PLOS ONE. 13 (2): e0192279. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192279. PMC 5794183. PMID 29390020.

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