Leucaloa eugraphica
Leucaloa eugraphica is a moth of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is known from South Africa and Lesotho.
Leucaloa eugraphica | |
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In South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Leucaloa |
Species: | L. eugraphica |
Binomial name | |
Leucaloa eugraphica (Walker, 1865) | |
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The larvae feed on Thunbergia alata, Heliotropium sp., Lonicera sempervirens, Tagetes erecta and Acacia mearnsii [1]
References
- Walker, 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. 31 (1864): i–iv, 1–321.
- Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
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