Strigocossus moderata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Strigocossus |
Species: | S. moderata
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Binomial name | |
Strigocossus moderata (Walker, 1856)
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Strigocossus moderata is a moth in the family Cossidae.[1] It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
The larvae feed on Cassia and Pterolobium species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- ^ Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
- ^ Afro Moths