Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Erygia precedens is a moth of the Erebidae family. 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.
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