Agape chloropyga

Agape chloropyga is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from Malaysia to eastern Australia, including Borneo and Papua New Guinea.

Agape chloropyga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Agape
Species:
A. chloropyga
Binomial name
Agape chloropyga
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Hypsa chloropyga Walker, 1854
  • Hypsa analis Walker, 1856
  • Agape cyanopyga Felder, 1874
  • Agape chloropyga var. snelleni Gaede, 1914

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Moraceae species, including Ficus macrophylla and Ficus microcarpa.


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