Ilemodes heterogyna

Ilemodes heterogyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Tribe:Arctiini
Subtribe:incertae sedis
Genus:Ilemodes
Species: I. heterogyna
Binomial name
Ilemodes heterogyna
Hampson, 1900
Synonyms
  • Ilemodes heterogenea Gaede, 1926

Ilemodes heterogyna, the broad buttered footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.[1]

The larvae feed on lichens.[2]

Subspecies

  • Ilemodes heterogyna heterogyna
  • Ilemodes heterogyna astrigoides Rothschild, 1933 (Ethiopia, Kenya)

References


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