Epilacydes scita: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Epilacydes
Species
Epilacydes scita
Scientific Name
Epilacydes scita

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Epilacydes scita

Epilacydes scita is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania.

The larvae feed on grasses.

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