Dubatolovia

Dubatolovia is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus includes only one species, Dubatolovia atrivena, which is found in western Africa (including Ghana), Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola.[1]

Dubatolovia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Dubatolovia
de Freina, 2010
Species:
D. atrivena
Binomial name
Dubatolovia atrivena
(Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Amerila atrivena Hampson, 1907
  • Rhodogastria atrivena
  • Creatonotos neurophaea Hampson, 1911

The larvae feed on Erythroxylum coca, Chlorophoroa excelsa, Phytolacca dodecandra, Maeopsis eminii, Grewia mollis and Trema guineensis.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Dubatolovia atrivena (Hampson, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. African Moths
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  • Freina J.J. de, 2010: Beitrag zur afrotropische Arctiidaefauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo 31 (1/2): 1–8.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog


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