Erygia precedens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Erygia |
| Species: | E. precedens
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| Binomial name | |
| Erygia precedens (Walker, [1858])[1][failed verification]
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Erygia precedens is a moth of the family Erebidae.[2] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
Adults are similar to Erygia antecedens, but the forewings have a paler ground colour and are slightly deeper and more produced apically in antecedens.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calliandra species.[3]
References[edit]
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erygia Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019.
- ^ Lepidopterorum Catalogus. CRC Press. January 1, 1989. ISBN 9780916846459 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Erygia precedens Walker comb. n." www.mothsofborneo.com.
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