Eyralpenus scioana

Eyralpenus scioana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eyralpenus
Species: E. scioana
Binomial name
Eyralpenus scioana
(Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Cycnia scioana Oberthür, 1880
  • Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892
  • Spilarctia abbottii Holland, 1896
  • Diacrisia scioana var. multipicta Strand, 1921
  • Diacrisia scioana intensa Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma paucipunctata Kiriakoff, 1963

Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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

References

  1. ↑ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Eyralpenus". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
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