Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca

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Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Monstruncusarctia
Species:
M. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Alpenus aurantiaca Holland, 1893
  • Spilosoma aurantiaca
  • Alpenus multiscripta Holland, 1893

Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1]

The larvae feed on Sapuim, Solanum, Datura and Theobroma cacao.

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