Erygia precedens

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Erebini
Genus: Erygia
Species: E. precedens
Binomial name
Erygia precedens
(Walker, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Briarda precedens Walker, [1858]
  • Felinia precedens
  • Ansa filipalpis Walker, 1858
  • Erygansa kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Crioa hypsichaetes Turner, 1929

Erygia precedens is a moth of the Erebidae family.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens, but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper and more produced apically in antecedens.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ Lepidopterorum Catalogus
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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