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Eyralpenus scioana

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Species of moth

Eyralpenus scioana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eyralpenus
Species:	E. scioana
Binomial name
*Eyralpenus scioana* (Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
Cycnia scioana Oberthür, 1880 Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892 Spilarctia abbottii Holland, 1896 Diacrisia scioana var. multipicta Strand, 1921 Diacrisia scioana intensa Rothschild, 1910 Spilosoma paucipunctata Kiriakoff, 1963

Eyralpenus scioana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Ipomoea species.

Subspecies

Eyralpenus scioana scioana
Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
Savela, Markku. "Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1880)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Taxon identifiers
Eyralpenus scioana	Wikidata: Q13528801 Wikispecies: Eyralpenus scioana AfroMoths: EYRASCIO GBIF: 1811749 IRMNG: 10324803 LepIndex: 42110 Open Tree of Life: 3185094

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