Phoenicoprocta capistrata

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Phoenicoprocta capistrata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phoenicoprocta
Species:
P. capistrata
Binomial name
Phoenicoprocta capistrata
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Zygaena capistrataFabricius, 1775
  • Bombiliodes capistrata
  • Laemocharis selectaHerrich-Schäffer [1854]
  • Mallodeta cubanaGaede, 1926
  • Glaucopis eximiaHerrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Phoenicoprocta eximia

Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil. [2]

The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia .

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References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006 . Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  2. Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata