Teracotona rhodophaea

Teracotona rhodophaea
Teracotona rhodophaea
(Kruger National Park, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Teracotona
Species: T. rhodophaea
Binomial name
Teracotona rhodophaea
(Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Aloa rhodophaea Walker, [1865]
  • Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874
  • Teracotona rhodophaea f. obscurior Wichgraf, 1908
  • Teracotona rhodophaea f. quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908
  • Teracotona rhodophaea f. irregularis Gaede, 1926
  • Teracotona rhodophaea f. palldior Niepelt, 1937

Teracotona rhodophaea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1865. It is found in Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

The larvae feed on Commelina species.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Teracotona at funet


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