Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lymantriidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Lymantrinae | |
Similar Nephele comma, Cyligramma latona, Aganais speciosa, Amata alicia, Glyphodes stolalis | ||
The Fig tree moth (Naroma varipes) is a species of moth in the family Lymantriidae, that is native to tropical and southern Africa. Its larval food plants include the fig species F. thonningii, F. sur and F. natalensis. They have white hind-wings and creamy white fore-wings, that are marked with a row of dark dots.
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