Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Eyralpenus scioana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eyralpenus
Species:
E. scioana
Binomial name
Eyralpenus scioana
(Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Cycnia scioana Oberthür, 1880
  • Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892
  • Spilarctia abbottii Holland, 1896
  • Diacrisia scioana var. multipicta Strand, 1921
  • Diacrisia scioana intensa Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma paucipunctata Kiriakoff, 1963

The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Eyralpenus scioana scioana
  • Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.