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Polydesma umbricola

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Polydesma umbricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Polydesma
Species:
P. umbricola
Binomial name
Polydesma umbricola
Boisduval, 1833[1]
Synonyms
  • Coenipeta collutrix Geyer, 1837
  • Polydesma landula Guenée, 1852
  • Polydesma determinata Wallengren, 1865

Polydesma umbricola (Monkeypod Moth)[2] is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found in Southern Europe, Africa, minor Asia to Southern Asia, including many Indian Ocean islands, like Coëtivy Island, Aldabra, Assumption Island, Madagascar and on Hawaii.[3]

In South-East Asia lives a similar species: Polydesma boarmoides.

References

  1. ^ www.afromoths.net
  2. ^ www.itis.gov
  3. ^ scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu


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