Achaea mezentia

Achaea mezentia
Lower left side
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species: A. mezentia
Binomial name
Achaea mezentia
(Stoll, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Acanthodelta mezentia Stoll, 1780
  • Achaea reversa Walker, 1858
  • Achaea lugens (Walker, 1865)

Achaea mezentia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1780.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]

The caterpillar is known to feed on Canthium, Guioa canescens, Ixora, Sapindus laurifolia,[3] and Elaeodendron glaucum species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Acanthodelta mezentia Stoll, 1780". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Achaea mezentia host plants". Lepidoptera HOSTS. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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