Alpenus nigropunctatus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Alpenus |
Species: | A. nigropunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Alpenus nigropunctatus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Gossypium species.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 26, 2019.