Agape chloropyga (original) (raw)

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Species of moth

Agape chloropyga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Agape
Species: A. chloropyga
Binomial name
Agape chloropyga(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
Hypsa chloropyga Walker, 1854 Hypsa analis Walker, 1856 Agape cyanopyga Felder, 1874 Agape chloropyga var. snelleni Gaede, 1914

Agape chloropyga is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from Malaysia to eastern Australia, including Borneo and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Moraceae species, including Ficus macrophylla and Ficus microcarpa.