Eyralpenus scioana

Eyralpenus scioana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Eyralpenus
Species:	E. scioana
Binomial name
Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
Cycnia scioana Oberthür, 1880 Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892 Spilarctia abbottii Holland, 1896 Diacrisia scioana var. multipicta Strand, 1921 Diacrisia scioana intensa Rothschild, 1910 Spilosoma paucipunctata Kiriakoff, 1963

Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[1]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.^[2]

Subspecies

• Eyralpenus scioana scioana
• Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
• Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog