Aethalida whiteheadi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found on Luzon and Palawan in the Philippines.[1] The habitat consists of clearings in primary and secondary forests at altitudes ranging from 100 to 950 meters.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Aethalida |
| Species: | A. whiteheadi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethalida whiteheadi (Rothschild, 1910)
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Adults have been recorded on wing in March, September and December.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe species was formerly treated as a synonym of Aethalida dora.[citation needed][verification needed]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Aethalida whiteheadi (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Černý, Karel (January 3, 2011). "A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Entomofauna. 32 (3): 29–92.
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