Alpenus nigropunctatus

Alpenus nigropunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Alpenus
Species: A. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Alpenus nigropunctatus
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Alpenus nigropunctata
  • Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
  • Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920
  • Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920
  • Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933

Alpenus nigropunctatus is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Gossypium species.

References

  1. ↑ Alpenus at funet


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