Biology:Ocinara ficicola
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Short description: Species of moth
Ocinara ficicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bombycidae |
Genus: | Ocinara |
Species: | O. ficicola
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Binomial name | |
Ocinara ficicola (Ormerod, 1889)
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Ocinara ficicola is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Eleanor Anne Ormerod in 1889.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa and Uganda.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus species.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Ocinara ficicola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=68771.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Ocinara ficicola (Ormerod, 1889)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/OCINFICI. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q13477631 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocinara ficicola.
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