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Spilosoma aurantiaca

Synonyms: Spilosoma multiscripta

Wikipedia Abstract

Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. The larvae feed on Sapuim, Solanum, Datura and Theobroma cacao.
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Prey / Diet

Theobroma cacao (cacao)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0