Vegetia ducalis

Vegetia ducalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Saturniidae
Genus:Vegetia
Species: V. ducalis
Binomial name
Vegetia ducalis
Jordan, 1922[1]

Vegetia ducalis, the ducal princeling, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Jordan in 1922. It is found in South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Eriocephalus umbellatus and Eriosema species.

References

  1. Jordan, Karl (1922). "A Monograph of the Saturnian Subfamily Ludiinae". Novitates Zoologicae. 29: 291.
  2. Afro Moths
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