Pseudoradiarctia scita

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Pseudoradiarctia scita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudoradiarctia
Species:
P. scita
Binomial name
Pseudoradiarctia scita
(Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Antheua scitaWalker, 1865
  • Spilosoma walkeriAurivillius, 1900

Pseudoradiarctia scita is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda and Zambia. [1]

The larvae feed on Cassia tomentosa , Acacia mearnsii , Smilax kraussiana and Tagetes erecta .

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Pseudoradiarctia scita (Walker, 1865)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 30, 2018.