Biology:Alpenus nigropunctatus
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Alpenus |
| Species: | A. nigropunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Alpenus nigropunctatus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Alpenus nigropunctatus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.[1]
The larvae feed on Gossypium species.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/alpenus/#nigropunctata. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4734831 entry
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