Vegetia ducalis
Appearance
Vegetia ducalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Genus: | Vegetia |
Species: | V. ducalis
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Binomial name | |
Vegetia ducalis |
Vegetia ducalis, the ducal princeling, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1922. It is found in South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Eriocephalus umbellatus and Eriosema species.
References
[edit]- ^ Jordan, Karl (1922). "A Monograph of the Saturnian Subfamily Ludiinae". Novitates Zoologicae. 29: 291.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Vegetia ducalis Jordan, 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2019.