Thyretes caffra
Appearance
Thyretes caffra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Thyretes |
Species: | T. caffra
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Binomial name | |
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863
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![A brown and cream colored moth is pictured](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Bar_Maiden_%28Thyretes_caffra%29_%2811436347984%29.jpg/220px-Bar_Maiden_%28Thyretes_caffra%29_%2811436347984%29.jpg)
Thyretes caffra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1863. It is found in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Gambia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on Acacia karroo.
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