Leucaloa eugraphica

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Leucaloa eugraphica
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In South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Leucaloa
Species:
L. eugraphica
Binomial name
Leucaloa eugraphica
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Aloa undistrigaFelder, 1874
  • Spilosoma eugraphicaWalker, 1864

Leucaloa eugraphica is a moth of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is known from South Africa and Lesotho.

The larvae feed on Thunbergia alata , Heliotropium sp., Lonicera sempervirens , Tagetes erecta and Acacia mearnsii [1]

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References

  1. Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26