Achaea trapezoides

Species of moth

Achaea trapezoides

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Genus:  | Achaea
Species:  |

A. trapezoides

Binomial name
Achaea trapezoides

(Guenée, 1862)

Synonyms

* Ophisma trapezoides Guenée, 1862
* Acanthodelta trapezoides (Guenée, 1862)

Achaea trapezoides is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South Africa and on Réunion.

Achille Guenée described this species with a wingspan of 52 mm.[1]

Their caterpillars feed on Euphorbiaceae, Acalpha species and Ricinus communis. They have also been observed on roses[2]

## References

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1. ^ A. Guenée in: Maillard, 1862, Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion, Annexe G, page 47
2. ^ Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3 \- page 398

Taxon identifiers

Achaea trapezoides|

* Wikidata: Q13428082
* AfroMoths: ACHATRAP
* BioLib: 1230195
* CoL: 9484Q
* GBIF: 6117046
* iNaturalist: 646630
* LepIndex: 276799
* Open Tree of Life: 5029641

Acanthodelta trapezoides|

* Wikidata: Q388406
* EoL: 547187
* GBIF: 5109056
* IRMNG: 10965823

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