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Genus: | Cometaster
Hampson, 1913
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Species: | C. pyrula
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Cometaster pyrula (
Hopffer, 1857)
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Cometaster is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1913. [1] Its only species, Cometaster pyrula, the faint owl moth or ying-yang moth, was first described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1857. [2] [3]
It is found in Eastern and Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]
In October 2004, as part of a biological control project, larvae of this moth from South Africa were released in Queensland, Australia, in order to keep under control the type of acacia Acacia nilotica subsp. indica, a major invasive species in the Mitchell Grass Downs. [4]
Faint owl moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Subfamily: | |
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Genus: | Cometaster
Hampson, 1913
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Species: | C. pyrula
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Binomial name | |
Cometaster pyrula (
Hopffer, 1857)
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Synonyms | |
Generic Specific
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Cometaster is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1913. [1] Its only species, Cometaster pyrula, the faint owl moth or ying-yang moth, was first described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1857. [2] [3]
It is found in Eastern and Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]
In October 2004, as part of a biological control project, larvae of this moth from South Africa were released in Queensland, Australia, in order to keep under control the type of acacia Acacia nilotica subsp. indica, a major invasive species in the Mitchell Grass Downs. [4]