Crypsotidia mesosema is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Crypsotidia |
Species: | C. mesosema
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Binomial name | |
Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Acacia albida.[2]
References
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- ^ Kühne, Lars, 2005: Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 2: 1-220
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Crypsotidia mesosema Hampson, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 9, 2019.