Ericeia elongata
| Ericeia elongata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Ericeia |
| Species: | E. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ericeia elongata Prout, 1929[1] | |
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Ericeia elongata is a moth in the Erebidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to New Guinea and Australia (Queensland). The habitat consists of lowland forests, including heath and alluvial forests.
The larvae possibly feed on Acacia species.
Taxonomy
The species was formerly included in Ericeia inangulata as a synonym.[2]
References
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