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Catephia squamosa

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Scaly alchemyst
Catephia squamosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catephia
Species:
C. squamosa
Binomial name
Catephia squamosa
(Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anophia discistriga Walker, 1858
  • Plusia inconclusa Walker, 1858
  • Anophia trispilosa Saalmüller, 1880

Catephia squamosa, the scaly alchemyst,[1] is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in central, eastern and southern Africa, including some islands of the Indian Ocean.[2]

It has a wingspan of approx. 32 mm.

References

  1. ^ africanmoths Archived 2013-02-15 at archive.today
  2. ^ afromoths

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