Chrysopsyche mirifica

Chrysopsyche mirifica
Chrysopsyche mirifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Genus: Chrysopsyche
Species: C. mirifica
Binomial name
Chrysopsyche mirifica
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Choerotriche mirifica Butler, 1878
  • Chrysopsyche mirifica leptophyes Tams, 1936
  • Lasiocampa maera Schaus, 1893
  • Lasiocampa radei Dewitz, 1881

Chrysopsyche mirifica is a moth of the Lasiocampidae family. It is found in Angola, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Nigeria.[1]

Biology

Food-plants of this species are Alchornea cordifolia, Eucalyptus sp., Neoboutonia sp, Quisqualis indica and Rosa sp.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Africanmoths
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