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

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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