Eyralpenus scioana
| Eyralpenus scioana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Eyralpenus |
| Species: | E. scioana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880) | |
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Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.[2]
Subspecies
- Eyralpenus scioana scioana
- Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
- Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)
References
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