Eilema albicosta
Eilema albicosta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1894. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.[1]
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Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on algae, mosses, lichen and detritus.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "Eilema albicosta (Rogenhofer, 1894)". Lepidoptera and their Ecology.
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