Rhodogastria amasis
| Tri-coloured tiger moth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Rhodogastria |
| Species: | R. amasis |
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| Rhodogastria amasis (Cramer, 1779) | |
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Rhodogastria amasis, the tri-coloured tiger moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Cramer in 1779. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1]
Larva
The larvae feed on Acacia, Calodendrum, Cassia, Cestrum, Clerodendrum, Cotyledon, Passiflora caerulea, Rhus, Senecio, and Tagetes species.[2] Though they are heavily armed with irritant urticating hairs they are readily eaten by fiscal flycatchers and Cape robin-chats that scrub off their hairs against the ground and swallow the larvae whole. Some cuckoos eat the larvae too.
References
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