Ilemodes heterogyna

Ilemodes heterogyna, the broad buttered footman,[1] is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.[2]

Ilemodes heterogyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Incertae sedis
Genus: Ilemodes
Species:
I. heterogyna
Binomial name
Ilemodes heterogyna
Hampson, 1900
Synonyms
  • Ilemodes heterogenea Gaede, 1926

The larvae feed on lichens.[3]

Subspecies

  • Ilemodes heterogyna heterogyna
  • Ilemodes heterogyna astrigoides Rothschild, 1933 (Ethiopia, Kenya)

References

  1. "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". African Moths. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2019.


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