Radiarctia jacksoni

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Radiarctia jacksoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Radiarctia
Species:
R. jacksoni
Binomial name
Radiarctia jacksoni
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia jacksoniRothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma jacksoni

Radiarctia jacksoni is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zaire and Tanzania. [1]

The larvae feed on Commelina , Aster , Bidens pilosa , Galimsoga parviflora , Zinnia , Boerhavia and Solanum . [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Afrotropics Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 28, 2019.


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