Autoba costimacula

Autoba costimacula
Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Autoba
Species: A. costimacula
Binomial name
Autoba costimacula
(Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Thalpochares costimacula Saalmüller, 1880
  • Anthophila costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Autoba mascarensis Viette, 1975
  • Eublemma plagiopera Hampson, 1902


Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Southern and Eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen.[1]

The wingspan of the adult moths is 14 mm.[2]

Its larvae have been observed as predators of Coccoidea (Scale insects).

Subspecies

References

  1. Afromoth
  2. Saalmüller, Max, 1892, Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - "Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft", page 365, ref.690, Fig.114

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