Catephia squamosa

Scaly alchemyst
Catephia squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Catephiini
Genus: Catephia
Species: C. squamosa
Binomial name
Catephia squamosa
(Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anophia discistriga Walker, 1858
  • Plusia inconclusa Walker, 1858
  • Anophia trispilosa Saalmüller, 1880

Catephia squamosa, the scaly alchemyst,[1] is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in central, eastern and southern Africa, including some islands of the Indian Ocean.[2]

It has a wingspan of approx. 32 mm.

References

  1. ↑ africanmoths
  2. ↑ afromoths


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