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Vegetia ducalis

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Species of moth

Vegetia ducalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Vegetia
Species: V. ducalis
Binomial name
Vegetia ducalis
Jordan, 1922

Vegetia ducalis, the ducal princeling, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1922. It is found in South Africa.

The larvae feed on Eriocephalus umbellatus and Eriosema species.

References

  1. Jordan, Karl (1922). "A Monograph of the Saturnian Subfamily Ludiinae". Novitates Zoologicae. 29: 291.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Vegetia ducalis Jordan, 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Vegetia ducalis


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