Eyralpenus scioana
Eyralpenus scioana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Eyralpenus |
Species: | E. scioana |
Binomial name | |
Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) | |
Synonyms | |
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Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Eyralpenus scioana scioana
- Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
- Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.