Dubatolovia

Dubatolovia atrivena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Dubatolovia
de Freina, 2010
Species: D. atrivena
Binomial name
Dubatolovia atrivena
(Hampson, 1907)

Dubatolovia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus includes only one species, Dubatolovia atrivena, which is found in western Africa (including Ghana), Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola.[1]

The larvae feed on Erythroxylum coca, Chlorophoroa excelsa, Phytolacca dodecandra, Maeopsis eminii, Grewia mollis and Trema guineensis.[2]

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