Alpenus pardalina

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Alpenus pardalina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Alpenus
Species:
A. pardalina
Binomial name
Alpenus pardalina
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia pardalinaRothschild, 1910

Alpenus pardalina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Tanzania and Kenya. [1]

The larvae feed on Zea mays (corn).

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.