Bembina apicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Bembina |
| Species: | B. apicalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
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The caterpillar is known to feed on Terminalia species.[5]
References
edit- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Genus details". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Bembina Walker Gen. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Hosts plants of Bembina". HOSTS. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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