Erygia precedens

Erygia precedens is a moth of the family Erebidae.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

Erygia precedens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Erygia
Species:
E. precedens
Binomial name
Erygia precedens
(Walker, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Briarda precedens Walker, [1858]
  • Felinia precedens
  • Ansa filipalpis Walker, 1858
  • Erygansa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Crioa hypsichaetes Turner, 1929

Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens, but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper and more produced apically in antecedens.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019.
  2. "Lepidopterorum Catalogus". CRC Press. January 1, 1989 via Google Books.
  3. "Erygia precedens Walker comb. n." www.mothsofborneo.com.


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