Catephia squamosa

Scaly alchemyst
Catephia squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Catephia
Species: C. squamosa
Binomial name
Catephia squamosa
(Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anophia discistriga Walker, 1858
  • Plusia inconclusa Walker, 1858
  • Anophia trispilosa Saalmüller, 1880

Catephia squamosa, the scaly alchemyst,[1] is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in central, eastern and southern Africa, including some islands of the Indian Ocean.[2]

It has a wingspan of approx. 32 mm.

References

  1. ↑ africanmoths Archived 2013-02-15 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ afromoths


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