Alpenus nigropunctatus

Alpenus nigropunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Alpenus
Species: A. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Alpenus nigropunctatus
Synonyms
  • Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Alpenus nigropunctata
  • Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920
  • Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920
  • Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933

Alpenus nigropunctatus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Gossypium species.

References

  1. ↑ "Alpenus". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-24.



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