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Green Drab

Ophiusa tirhaca

Description:

Attracted to the UV light. I have absolutely no idea why someone would call this "Drab"!!!!

Notes:

EREBIDAE - EREBINAE - Ophiusa tirhaca - Green drab

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1 Comment

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 9 years ago

Agreed - don't know why they named this beauty "drab"! I've spotted several here in Sinai and another user suggested the name "Egyptian Noctuid" (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/881...) Perhaps we should just call them "African Noctuids". :-)

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 8, 2015
Submitted on Feb 8, 2015

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