Epilacydes scita

Epilacydes scita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Epilacydes
Species: E. scita
Binomial name
Epilacydes scita
(Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Aloa scita Walker, [1865]
  • Estigmene scita

Epilacydes scita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone,[1] Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania.[2]

The larvae feed on grasses.

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