Erygia precedens

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;

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

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

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

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[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.