Micralarctia punctulatum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
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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: | Micralarctia |
| Species: | M. punctulatum
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| Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)
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The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea batates.[2]
Subspecies edit
- Micralarctia punctulatum punctulatum (Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
- Micralarctia punctulatum auricinctum (Butler, 1897) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
- Micralarctia punctulatum euproctina (Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]) (Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania)
- Micralarctia punctulatum pura (Butler, 1878) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
References edit
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Micralarctia punctulatum (Wallengren, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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