Phaloe cruenta

Phaloe cruenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Phaloe
Species: P. cruenta
Binomial name
Phaloe cruenta
(Hübner, 1823)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pericopis cruenta Hübner, 1823
  • Phaloe romani Bryk, 1953

Phaloe cruenta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia[2] and Uruguay.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Eupatorium inulaefolium, Artemisa absynthium, Heliothropium tiaridoides and Tournefortia brachiata.[3]

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