Biology:Erygia precedens
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Erygia |
| Species: | E. precedens
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| Erygia precedens (Walker, [1858])[1][failed verification]
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Erygia precedens is a moth of the family Erebidae.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens, but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper and more produced apically in antecedens.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]
References
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- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85984999.
- ↑ Lepidopterorum Catalogus. CRC Press. January 1, 1989. ISBN 9780916846459. https://books.google.com/books?id=nVL9lAjFY-gC&q=Erebus+candidii&pg=PA371.
- ↑ "Erygia precedens Walker comb. n.". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_i/miscellaneousi_1_3.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q19597131 entry
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