Crypsotidia mesosema

Crypsotidia mesosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Crypsotidia
Species: C. mesosema
Binomial name
Crypsotidia mesosema
Hampson, 1913
Synonyms
  • Crypsotidia griseola Rothschild, 1921

Crypsotidia mesosema is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Burkina Fasso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.[1]

The larvae feed on Acacia albida.[2]

References

  1. Kühne, Lars, 2005: Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 2: 1-220
  2. Afro Moths
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