''Scea superba'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, espe ...

first described by

Herbert Druce Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919), Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), and James John Joicey (1870–1932) be ...

in 1890. It is found in South America, including

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

. The larvae feed on ''

Passiflora manicata ''Passiflora manicata'' is a species of Passiflora ''Passiflora'', known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly tendri ...

''.

External links

*Dyer, L. A.; Miller, J. S.; Rab Green, S. B.; Gentry, G. L.; Greeney, H. F. & Walla, T. W
"''Scea superba'' (Druce)"
''Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the Eastern Andes in Ecuador''. Retrieved January 5, 2019. Notodontidae of South America Moths described in 1890 {{Notodontidae-stub