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Achaea albicilia

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Achaea albicilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. albicilia
Binomial name
Achaea albicilia
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Ophisma albicilia Walker, 1858
  • Acanthodelta albicilia (Walker, 1858)

Achaea albicilia is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Gambia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

The larvae have been recorded on mango.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Achaea albicilia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 14, 2019.