Eilema albicosta

Eilema albicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Eilema
Species: E. albicosta
Binomial name
Eilema albicosta
(Rogenhofer, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Lithosia albicosta Rogenhofer, 1894

Eilema albicosta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.[1]

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on algae, mosses, lichen and detritus.[2]

References

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