Achaea finita

Achaea finita, the finite achaea, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]

Finite achaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. finita
Binomial name
Achaea finita
Synonyms
  • Ophisma finita Guenée, 1852
  • Ophisma limbata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Arachis hypogaea, Citrus species, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Phaseolus species, Pisum sativum, Ricinus communis and Solanum tuberosum.[4]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eois Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. Brehm, Gunnar; Bodner, Florian; Strutzenberger, Patrick; Hünefeld, Frank; Fiedler, Konrad (November 1, 2011). "Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, Biogeography, Diversity, and Description Patterns". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6). doi:10.1603/AN10050.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)". Afromoths. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. African Moths


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