| Achaea mercatoria | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Achaea |
| Species: | A. mercatoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Achaea mercatoria (
Fabricius, 1775)
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| Synonyms | |
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Achaea mercatoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in countries in tropical Africa and Asia, from South Africa to South East Asia, including the Near East ( Saudi Arabia and Yemen) and the islands of Madagascar, Seychelles and Cabo Verde. [1]
It has been identified in north-western Australia only in 1978 from specimen collected back to 1968, which had previously been confused with Achaea serva.
This species has a wingspan of 56-66mm. One of the foodplants of the larvae is Ricinus communis. [2]
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| Achaea mercatoria | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Achaea |
| Species: | A. mercatoria
|
| Binomial name | |
| Achaea mercatoria (
Fabricius, 1775)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Achaea mercatoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in countries in tropical Africa and Asia, from South Africa to South East Asia, including the Near East ( Saudi Arabia and Yemen) and the islands of Madagascar, Seychelles and Cabo Verde. [1]
It has been identified in north-western Australia only in 1978 from specimen collected back to 1968, which had previously been confused with Achaea serva.
This species has a wingspan of 56-66mm. One of the foodplants of the larvae is Ricinus communis. [2]
References
External links
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