Autoba costimacula
| Autoba costimacula | |
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| Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Autoba |
| Species: | A. costimacula
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| Binomial name | |
| Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
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Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Southern and Eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen.[1]
The wingspan of the adult moths is 14 mm.[2]
Its larvae have been observed as predators of Coccoidea (Scale insects).
Subspecies
- Autoba costimacula costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)- known from Yemen, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Aldabra & Assumption Island (Seychelles).
- Autoba costimacula mascarensis Viette, 1975- known from Réunion and Mauritius.
References
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Saalmüller, Max, 1892, Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft", page 365, ref.690, Fig.114
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