Erygia precedens
| Erygia precedens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Erygia |
| Species: | E. precedens |
| Binomial name | |
| Erygia precedens (Walker, [1858])[1] | |
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Erygia precedens is a moth of the Erebidae family.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens, but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper and more produced apically in antecedens.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]
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