Phoenicoprocta capistrata

Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil.[2]

Phoenicoprocta capistrata
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P. capistrata
Binomial name
Phoenicoprocta capistrata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zygaena capistrata Fabricius, 1775
  • Bombiliodes capistrata
  • Laemocharis selecta Herrich-Schäffer [1854]
  • Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926
  • Glaucopis eximia Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Phoenicoprocta eximia

Adult females have two colour morphs, one orange reddish and the other blue. The latter was formerly considered a distinct species or variant of Phoenicoprocta capistrata.

The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia.

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