Scotura flavicapilla

Scotura flavicapilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Scotura
Species: S. flavicapilla
Binomial name
Scotura flavicapilla
(Hübner, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Atolmis flavicapilla Hubner 1823
  • Scotura pyraloides Walker, 1854
  • Brachyglene uniformis Moschler, 1877

Scotura flavicapilla is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana and Brazil.

The larvae feed on Rinorea macrocarpa.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.


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