Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern and eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen.[1]
| Autoba costimacula | |
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| Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Autoba |
| Species: | A. costimacula
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| Binomial name | |
| Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
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The wingspan of the adult moths is 14 mm.[2]
Its larvae have been observed as predators of Coccoidea (scale insects).
Subspecies
edit- Autoba costimacula costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880) - known from Yemen, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Aldabra and Assumption Island (Seychelles).
- Autoba costimacula mascarensis Viette, 1975 - known from Réunion and Mauritius.
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Saalmüller, Max (1892). Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft", page 365, ref.690, Fig.114