Casama vilis
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| Casama vilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Casama |
| Species: | C. vilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Casama vilis (Walker, 1865) | |
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Casama vilis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India, Middle East, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.[3]
The caterpillar is known to feed on Acacia catechu and Prosopis cineraria.[4][5][6]
