Tachosa acronyctoides

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Tachosa acronyctoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tachosa
Species:
T. acronyctoides
Binomial name
Tachosa acronyctoides
Walker, 1869
Synonyms
  • Tachosa malagasyViette, 1966
  • Anabathra unaMöschler, 1887
  • Tachosa acronyctoides ab. albicansBerio, 1954

Tachosa acronyctoides is a moth of the family Erebidae.

Distribution

It is found in most countries of Africa, from Guinea and Ethiopia south until South Africa. [1]

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