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]

Eilema albicosta
Scientific classification
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Arctiinae
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E. albicosta
Binomial name
Eilema albicosta
(Rogenhofer, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Lithosia albicosta Rogenhofer, 1894

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on algae, mosses, lichen and detritus.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Eilema albicosta (Rogenhofer, 1894)". Lepidoptera and their Ecology.


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