Gracilodes nysa

Gracilodes nysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Gracilodes
Species: G. nysa
Binomial name
Gracilodes nysa
Guenée, 1852

Gracilodes nysa is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found in Africa, from Uganda and Kenya to South Africa and on the islands of the Indian Ocean, in Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, Seychelles and Comores.

Adults have a dark brown colour and a wingspan of approx. 45 mm.

One of the hostplants of its caterpillars is Vangueria madagascariensis, a Rubiaceae.[1]

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