Chiromachla insulare

Chiromachla insulare is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Comoros, La Réunion and in Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania.[1]

Chiromachla insulare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chiromachla
Species:
C. insulare
Binomial name
Chiromachla insulare
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Leptosoma insulare Boisduval, 1833
  • Leptosoma consors Butler, 1879
  • Nyctemera insularis Mabille, 1879
  • Nyctemera rasana Mabille, 1879
  • Deilemera howa Strand, 1909
  • Deilemera pallescens madagascarica Strand, 1909

The larvae feed on Crassocephalum rubens and Senecio acetosaefolius.

References
  1. Afro Moths


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