Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874

Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874

Antiophlebia bracteata, the pearl spangled, is an erebid moth found mostly in Southern Africa that feeds on Diospyros as larvae.

Family
Genus
Antiophlebia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874

Antiophlebia bracteata, commonly known as the pearl spangled, is a species of erebid moth. It was originally described by Rudolf Felder in 1874, and its scientific name is Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874. The larval food plants of this moth are species from the Diospyros genus. This moth is mostly distributed across Southern Africa.

Photo: (c) Christine Sydes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christine Sydes · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Antiophlebia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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