Biology:Pseudantheraea discrepans

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Short description: Species of moth

Pseudantheraea discrepans
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Pseudantheraea
Species:
P. discrepans
Binomial name
Pseudantheraea discrepans
(Butler, 1878)

Pseudantheraea discrepans is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Africa, from Ivory Coast to Uganda in the north and from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south.

Larvae have been recorded on Entandrophragma angolense. They feed gregariously.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q60688 entry