Autoba costimacula

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Autoba costimacula
Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis.jpg
Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Autoba
Species:
A. costimacula
Binomial name
Autoba costimacula
(Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Thalpochares costimaculaSaalmüller, 1880
  • Anthophila costimacula(Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Autoba mascarensisViette, 1975
  • Eublemma plagioperaHampson, 1902

Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern and eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen. [1]

Contents

The wingspan of the adult moths is 14 mm. [2]

Its larvae have been observed as predators of Coccoidea (scale insects).

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Saalmüller, Max (1892). Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft", page 365, ref.690, Fig.114


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