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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Rivulinae » Oxycilla » Bent-lined Tan Moth - Hodges#8407 (Oxycilla malaca)

Species Oxycilla malaca - Bent-lined Tan Moth - Hodges#8407

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Internet References
Oxycilla malaca Oxycilla malaca unknown moth - Oxycilla malaca Oxycilla malaca Oxycilla malaca Oxycilla malaca - female Oxycilla malaca - female Bent-lined Tan (Oxycilla malaca) - Oxycilla malaca
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Rivulinae
Genus Oxycilla
Species malaca (Bent-lined Tan Moth - Hodges#8407)
Hodges Number
8407
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Grote, 1873
Size
Approx 20mm
Food
Larvae feed on Beggars-ticks (Desmodium species).
Internet References
MPG Species Page
BOLD Systems Species Page
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 26 June, 2011 - 8:18pm
Additional contributions by George Smiley
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 2:13am

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