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Phoenicoprocta capistrata

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Species of moth

Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phoenicoprocta
Species: P. capistrata
Binomial name
Phoenicoprocta capistrata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena capistrata Fabricius, 1775
  • Bombiliodes capistrata
  • Laemocharis selecta Herrich-Schäffer
  • Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926
  • Glaucopis eximia Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Phoenicoprocta eximia

Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil.

The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia.

References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  2. Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Taxon identifiers
Phoenicoprocta capistrata


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