Apaidia mesogona

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Apaidia mesogona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Apaidia
Species:
A. mesogona
Binomial name
Apaidia mesogona
(Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
  • Callimorpha mesogonaGodart, [1824]
  • Apaidia mesogona ab. griseataLegrand, 1938
  • Apaidia mesogona ab. lucasiLegrand, 1938

Apaidia mesogona is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1824. It is found in Western Europe, Sardinia, Corsica and North Africa. [1]

The larvae feed on Quercus suber , Thymus , Buxus sempervirens and Lavandula species. [2]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Apaidia mesogona (Godart, 1822)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2019.