Dasychira moerens
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| Dasychira moerens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Dasychira |
| Species: | D. moerens |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasychira moerens Felder, 1894 | |
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Dasychira moerens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Felder in 1894.[1] It is found in South India and Sri Lanka.[2][3]
The caterpillar is known to feed on Rosa, Theobroma cacao,[4] Smilax and Vitis species.[5]
