Palpita flegia
Species of moth
Palpita flegia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Palpita |
Species: | P. flegia |
Binomial name | |
Palpita flegia (Cramer, 1777) | |
Synonyms | |
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Palpita flegia, the satin white moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in Suriname, Colombia, Brazil,[1] Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico,[2] the Caribbean and the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and Texas.
The moth is about 46 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Thevetia peruviana.[4]
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