Crypsotidia maculifera

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Crypsotidia maculifera
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Crypsotidia
Species:
C. maculifera
Binomial name
Crypsotidia maculifera
(Staudinger, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Hydrilla maculiferaStaudinger, 1898
  • Crypsotidia coniferaHampson, 1913
  • Crypsotidia maculataTams, 1926

Crypsotidia maculifera is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1898. The species is found in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Cyprus and Israel. [1]

There is one generation per year depending on the location. Adults are on wing from March to August depending on the location.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Crypsotidia maculifera (Staudinger, 1898)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.