Rhipidarctia invaria

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Rhipidarctia invaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Rhipidarctia
Species:
R. invaria
Binomial name
Rhipidarctia invaria
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anace invariaWalker, 1856
  • Metarctia aurantiifuscaRothschild, 1913
  • Metarctia erubescensWalker, 1865
  • Thyretes melinosMabille, 1890

Rhipidarctia invaria is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. [1]

The larvae feed on Cola species and Theobroma cacao .

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 31, 2018.