Asuroides sagenaria
Crossed footman | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Asuroides |
Species: | A. sagenaria
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Binomial name | |
Asuroides sagenaria (Wallengren, 1860)
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Asuroides sagenaria, the crossed footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1860. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on lichens and Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
References[]
- ^ African Moths Archived October 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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Categories:
- Moths described in 1860
- Nudariina
- Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Fauna of Mozambique
- Insects of Tanzania
- Moths of Africa
- Nudariina stubs