Biology:Balacra caeruleifascia

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Short description: Species of moth

Balacra caeruleifascia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Balacra
Species:
B. caeruleifascia
Binomial name
Balacra caeruleifascia
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Metarctia erubescens var. conradti Oberthür, 1911
  • Automolis ehrmanni Holland, 1893
  • Balacra germana Rothschild, 1912
  • Balacra inflammata Hampson, 1914
  • Balacra magna Hulstaert, 1923
  • Balacra ochracea Walker, 1869

Balacra caeruleifascia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.[1] It uses coffee for its larval food[2]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/BALACAER. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 
  2. ↑ "Balacra caruleifascia African Moths". https://africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/ARCTIINAE/Thyretini/Balacra%20caeruleifascia.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13433942 entry




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