Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca
Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1]
| Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Monstruncusarctia |
| Species: | M. aurantiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca (Holland, 1893) | |
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The larvae feed on Sapuim, Solanum, Datura and Theobroma cacao.
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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