Biology:Podomachla apicalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Podomachla apicalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Podomachla
Species:
P. apicalis
Binomial name
Podomachla apicalis
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Nyctemera apicalis Walker, 1854
  • Leptosoma fuscipenne Wallengren, 1860
  • Leptosoma tricolor Felder, 1874

Podomachla apicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa , São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Asteraceae species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16966141 entry