Euchromia lethe

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Euchromia lethe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Euchromia
Species:
E. lethe
Binomial name
Euchromia lethe
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena letheFabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx eumolphusCramer, [1779]
  • Euchromia fulvidaButler, 1888
  • Euchromia nigricinctaJoicey & Talbot, 1926

Euchromia lethe is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, São Tomé and Principe, the Gambia, Ghana and Uganda. [1]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea batatas .

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 13, 2018.