Biology:Crypsotidia mesosema

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Short description: Species of moth

Crypsotidia mesosema
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Crypsotidia
Species:
C. mesosema
Binomial name
Crypsotidia mesosema
Hampson, 1913
Synonyms
  • Crypsotidia griseola Rothschild, 1921

Crypsotidia mesosema is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.[1]

The larvae feed on Acacia albida.[2]

References

  1. Kühne, Lars, 2005: Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 2: 1-220
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CRYPMESO. Retrieved August 9, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13502334 entry