Eilema albicosta
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Subfamily: | Arctiinae
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| Species: | E. albicosta
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| Eilema albicosta (Rogenhofer, 1894)
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Eilema albicosta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1894. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.[1]
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on algae, mosses, lichen and detritus.[2]
References[]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Eilema albicosta (Rogenhofer, 1894)". Lepidoptera and their Ecology.
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Categories:
- Moths described in 1894
- Eilema
- Eilema stubs