Micralarctia punctulatum

Updated on Dec 23, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae
Similar Metarctia lateritia, Stoermeriana, Leipoxais, Zamarada, Thiacidas

Micralarctia punctulatum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1860. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea batates.

Subspecies

Micralarctia punctulatum punctulatum (Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe)

Micralarctia punctulatum auricinctum (Butler, 1897) (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)

Micralarctia punctulatum euproctina (Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]) (Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania)

Micralarctia punctulatum pura (Butler, 1878) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

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