| Achaea mercatoria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Achaea |
| Species: | A. mercatoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Achaea mercatoria is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in countries in tropical Africa and Asia, from South Africa to South East Asia, including the Near East (Saudi Arabia and Yemen) and the islands of Madagascar, Seychelles and Cabo Verde.
It has been identified in north-western Australia only in 1978 from specimen collected back to 1968, which had previously been confused with Achaea serva.
This species has a wingspan of 56-66mm. One of the foodplants of the larvae is Ricinus communis.
References
- afromoths.net
- Edwards, 1978, A Review of the Genus ACHAEA Hübner in Australia – Australian Journal of Entomology, Volume 17(4): 329–340
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Achaea mercatoria | |
 | This Erebinae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |