Aiteta apriformis

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Aiteta apriformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Aiteta
Species:
A. apriformis
Binomial name
Aiteta apriformis
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Capotena apriformisWalker, 1857

Aiteta apriformis is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

Its larval food plants are members of the genus Terminalia . [3]

References

  1. "Species Details: Aiteta apriformis Walker, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 via Academia.
  3. "Aiteta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.