Tolna sypnoides
Tolna sypnoides | |
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Tolna sypnoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Erebinae |
Genus: | Tolna |
Species: | T. sypnoides |
Binomial name | |
Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878) | |
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Tolna sypnoides is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family.
It is found in Africa, including Nigeria Sierra Leone, Ghana, South Africa, Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean[1]
The caterpillars feed on Mango trees (Mangifera indica), Schinus terebinthifolius, both of the family of Anacardiaceae and Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae).[2]
Their wingspan is around 70mm.
- Tolna sypnoides male
- Tolna sypnoides female
- Tolna sypnoides
- Tolna sypnoides
- Tolna sypnoides
References
- ↑ www.afromoths.net
- ↑ Breniere & Dubois, 1965. Catalogue des Insectes nuisibles aux Cultures malgaches. Institut de recherches Agronomique à Madagascar. 43
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