''Achaea albicilia'' is a species of
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
the Gambia,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Malawi,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
South Africa,
Tanzania and
Uganda.
The larvae have been recorded on
mango
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...
.
References
Achaea (moth)
Moths of Africa
Lepidoptera of West Africa
Moths described in 1858
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