Achaea echo

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Echo moth
Achaea echo, imago, Pretoria, a.jpg
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. echo
Binomial name
Achaea echo
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Achaea mariaca Plötz, 1880
  • Ophisma echo Walker, 1858
Achaea echo

Achaea echo is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Equatorial West Africa to Zimbabwe, including Sierra Leone, Ghana and South Africa.[1] The larvae feed on Poaceae and Panicum species, but have also been recorded on Citrus.

References[]

  1. ^ Goff, R. "Achaea echo (Walker, 1855)". African Moths. africanmoths.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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