Ericeia elongata

Ericeia elongata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea and Australia (Queensland). The habitat consists of lowland forests, including heath and alluvial forests.

Ericeia elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ericeia
Species:
E. elongata
Binomial name
Ericeia elongata
Prout, 1929[1]
Synonyms
  • Ericeia acutangula Roepke, 1932
  • Ericeia elongata fuscipuncta Prout, 1929
  • Ericeia elongata nauarchia Prout, 1929

The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.

Taxonomy

The species was formerly included in Ericeia inangulata as a synonym.[2]

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References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ericeia Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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