Micralarctia punctulatum

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Micralarctia punctulatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Micralarctia
Species:
M. punctulatum
Binomial name
Micralarctia punctulatum
(Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma punctulatumWallengren, 1860
  • Micralarctia punctulata
  • Diacrisia albescensRothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma edlingeriBartel, 1903
  • Estigmene schraderiRothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma auricinctumButler, 1897
  • Pais nyassana f. haplocraspisHulstaert, 1923
  • Amsacta evadneFawcett, 1915
  • Spilosoma nivariaBartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma nyassanaBartel, 1903
  • Alpenus purusButler, 1878
  • Spilosoma euproctinaAurivillius, 1900

Micralarctia punctulatum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea batates . [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.