Disparctia vittata

Disparctia vittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Disparctia
Species: D. vittata
Binomial name
Disparctia vittata
(Druce, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Spilarctia vittata Druce, 1898
  • Creatonotos vittata var. buea Strand, 1913

Disparctia vittata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Druce in 1898. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Veronia amygdalina, Cordia abyssinica, Manihot esculentus and Phytolacca dodecandra.[2]

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