Teracotona rhodophaea

Teracotona rhodophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Teracotona
Species:	T. rhodophaea
Binomial name
*Teracotona rhodophaea* (Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
Aloa rhodophaea Walker, [1865] Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874 Teracotona rhodophaea f. obscurior Wichgraf, 1908 Teracotona rhodophaea f. quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908 Teracotona rhodophaea f. irregularis Gaede, 1926 Teracotona rhodophaea f. palldior Niepelt, 1937

Teracotona rhodophaea is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[1]

The larvae feed on Commelina species.^[2]

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