Naroma varipes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Naroma
- Species
- Naroma varipes
- Scientific Name
- Naroma varipes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Naroma varipes
Naroma varipes, the fig tree moth, is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is native to tropical and southern Africa. Its larval food plants include the fig species Ficus thonningii, F. sur and F. natalensis. They have white hindwings and creamy white forewings that are marked with a row of dark dots.
...Naroma varipes in languages:
- English
- Fig tree moth
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