Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Phoenicoprocta capistrata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Phoenicoprocta |
Species: | P. capistrata |
Binomial name | |
Phoenicoprocta capistrata (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil.[2]
Adult females have two colour morphs, one orange-reddish and the other blue. The latter was formerly considered a distinct species or variant of Phoenicoprocta capistrata.
The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia.
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