Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Arctiinae → genus Alpenus → species Alpenus investigatorum
Species name(s)
Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898) = Spilosoma investigatorum Karsch, 1898 = Spilosoma cribraria Bartel, 1903 = Spilosoma mhondana Bartel, 1903. [9, 85]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16756
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, Ghana [25].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Bigonia, Carica papaya, Commelina, Aster, Bidens pilosa, Cosmos, Dahlia, Galinsoga parviflora, Zinnia, Ipomoea batates, Brassica oleracea, Ricinus, Zea mays, Gossypium, Morus, Boerhavia, Arachis hypogaea, Russelia juncea, Nicotiana tabacum [25].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [25] Bold Systems (boldsystems.org), 2011
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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Alpenus investigatorum photos
Other species Alpenus