Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca

Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Monstruncusarctia
Species: M. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Alpenus aurantiaca Holland, 1893
  • Spilosoma aurantiaca
  • Alpenus multiscripta Holland, 1893

Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Sapuim, Solanum, Datura and Theobroma cacao.

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