Erygia precedens

Erygia precedens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Erygia
Species:
E. precedens
Binomial name
Erygia precedens
(Walker, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Briarda precedens Walker, [1858]
  • Felinia precedens
  • Ansa filipalpis Walker, 1858
  • Erygansa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Crioa hypsichaetes Turner, 1929

Erygia precedens is a moth of the family Erebidae.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Lepidopterorum Catalogus. CRC Press. January 1, 1989. ISBN 9780916846459 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Erygia precedens Walker comb. n." www.mothsofborneo.com.


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