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Teracotona rhodophaea
In Kruger National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Teracotona
Species:	T. rhodophaea
Binomial name
Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, )
Synonyms
Aloa rhodophaea Walker, Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874 Teracotona rhodophaea f. obscurior Wichgraf, 1908 Teracotona rhodophaea f. quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908 Teracotona rhodophaea f. irregularis Gaede, 1926 Teracotona rhodophaea f. palldior Niepelt, 1937

Teracotona rhodophaea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Commelina species.

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, 1865)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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