Phoenicoprocta capistrata
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Subfamily: | Arctiinae
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Species: | P. capistrata
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Phoenicoprocta capistrata | |
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Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil.[2]
Adult females have two colour morphs, one orange reddish and the other blue. The latter was formerly considered a distinct species or variant of Phoenicoprocta capistrata.
The larvae feed on .
References[]
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
- ^ Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Categories:
- Moths described in 1775
- Euchromiina
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Euchromiina stubs