Asuroides sagenaria, the crossed footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1860. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
| Crossed footman | |
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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: | Asuroides |
| Species: | A. sagenaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Asuroides sagenaria (Wallengren, 1860)
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The larvae feed on lichens and Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
References
edit- ^ African Moths Archived October 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine