Ilemodes heterogyna, the broad buttered footman,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.[2]
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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 |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Ilemodes |
| Species: | I. heterogyna
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| Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900
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The larvae feed on lichens.[3]
Subspecies
edit- Ilemodes heterogyna heterogyna
- Ilemodes heterogyna astrigoides Rothschild, 1933 (Ethiopia, Kenya)
References
edit- ^ "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". African Moths. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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