Achaea mezentia
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| Achaea mezentia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Achaea |
| Species: | A. mezentia |
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| Achaea mezentia (Stoll, 1780) | |
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Achaea mezentia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1780.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2]
The caterpillar is known to feed on Canthium, Guioa canescens, Ixora, Sapindus laurifolia,[3] and Elaeodendron glaucum species.[4]
