Erygia precedens

Erygia precedens
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]
Synonyms
Briarda precedens Walker, [1858] Felinia precedens Ansa filipalpis Walker, 1858 Erygansa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906 Crioa hypsichaetes Turner, 1929

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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