Phaloe cruenta

Phaloe cruenta

"Phaloe cruenta" is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay.
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Food

The larvae have been recorded feeding on "Eupatorium inulaefolium", "Artemisa absynthium", "Heliothropium tiaridoides" and "Tournefortia brachiata".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusPhaloe
SpeciesP. cruenta
Photographed in
Brazil