Alpenus nigropunctatus

Alpenus nigropunctatus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.[1]

Alpenus nigropunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Alpenus
Species:
A. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Alpenus nigropunctatus
Synonyms
  • Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Alpenus nigropunctata
  • Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920
  • Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920
  • Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933

The larvae feed on Gossypium species.

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.


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