Ericeia congregata

Ericeia congregata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ericeia
Species: E. congregata
Binomial name
Ericeia congregata
(Walker, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Remigia congregata Walker, 1858
  • Naxia infirma Holland, 1894
  • Grammodes taedia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Ericeia waterstoni Wiltshire, 1982

Ericeia congregata is a moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Gambia, Uganda, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, India and Sri Lanka.

The larvae feed on Acacia tortilis.[2]

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