Heteropalpia acrosticta

Heteropalpia acrosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Heteropalpia
Species: H. acrosticta
Binomial name
Heteropalpia acrosticta
(Püngeler, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pericyma acrosticta

Heteropalpia acrosticta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from the western parts of the Sahara to Israel, Jordan, Egypt and most of the Arabian Peninsula.

Adult males have a wingspan of 31 mm. The female is a little larger.[1]

There are multiple generations per year. Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia geraldi, Acacia raddiana and Acacia gummifera.

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Biodiversitylibrary.org: Püngeler, 1904, Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, Bd.16, p.290 Taf.VI, fig.6


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