Phaloe cruenta

Phaloe cruenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Phaloe
Species: P. cruenta
Binomial name
Phaloe cruenta
(Hübner, 1823)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pericopis cruenta Hübner, 1823
  • Phaloe romani Bryk, 1953

Phaloe cruenta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia[2] and Uruguay.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Eupatorium inulaefolium, Artemisa absynthium, Heliothropium tiaridoides and Tournefortia brachiata.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Phaloe at funet
  2. ↑ Phaloe cruenta - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ↑ Distribución, caracterización y fenología de Phaloe cruenta (Hubner, 1823) (Lepidoptera: Heterocera: Arctiidae) en el departamento de Ñeembucú, Sudoeste del Paraguay Oriental


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