Rhipidarctia invaria

Rhipidarctia invaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Rhipidarctia
Species: R. invaria
Binomial name
Rhipidarctia invaria
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anace invaria Walker, 1856
  • Metarctia aurantiifusca Rothschild, 1913
  • Metarctia erubescens Walker, 1865
  • Thyretes melinos Mabille, 1890

Rhipidarctia invaria is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Cola species and Theobroma cacao.

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