Audea hemihyala

Audea hemihyala
Audea hemihyala female
Audea hemihyala male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Audea
Species: A. hemihyala
Binomial name
Audea hemihyala
Karsch, 1896
Synonyms
  • Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913

Audea hemihyala is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in Angola, Burkina Fasso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale, Kinshasa, East Kasai), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Bridelia species.[2]

References

  1. Kühne, Lars, 2005: Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 2: 1-220
  2. Afro Moths
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