Leucaloa eugraphica is a moth of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is known from South Africa and Lesotho.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Leucaloa |
| Species: | L. eugraphica
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucaloa eugraphica (Walker, 1865)
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The larvae feed on Thunbergia alata, Heliotropium sp., Lonicera sempervirens, Tagetes erecta and Acacia mearnsii [1]
Gallery
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Markings when wings are closed. -
Close-up of the red caterpillar head. -
Distinctive iridescent blue dots at the base of the spines.
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References
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- Walker, 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. 31 (1864): i–iv, 1–321.
- ^ Goodger & Watson, 1995, The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths: 26
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