Biology:Phoenicoprocta capistrata

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Short description: Species of moth

Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phoenicoprocta
Species:
P. capistrata
Binomial name
Phoenicoprocta capistrata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zygaena capistrata Fabricius, 1775
  • Bombiliodes capistrata
  • Laemocharis selecta Herrich-Schäffer [1854]
  • Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926
  • Glaucopis eximia Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Phoenicoprocta eximia

Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil .[2]

The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13711959 entry