Leucaloa eugraphica

Leucaloa eugraphica
Leucaloa eugraphica. South Africa.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Leucaloa
Species: L. eugraphica
Binomial name
Leucaloa eugraphica
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Aloa undistriga Felder, 1874
  • Spilosoma eugraphica Walker, 1864

Leucaloa eugraphica is a moth of the family Erebidae, Arctiinae subfamily. It is known from South Africa and Lesotho.

The larvae feed on Thunbergia alata, Heliotropium sp., Lonicera sempervirens, Tagetes erecta and Acacia mearnsii [1]

References

  1. Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
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