''Pandesma muricolor'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...

. It is native to western, central & south-eastern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. One known foodplant of this moth is a

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

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Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

sp.'')Hacker, H. H. & Hausmann, A. 2010. ''Noctuidae collected by Karlheinz Politzar in Bogué, Mauritania (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)''. - Esperiana Memoir 5:97–168.

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External links

africanmoths: Distribution map & picture of ''Pandesma muricolor''
Pandesmini Moths described in 1966 Lepidoptera of West Africa Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Ethiopia Fauna of Mauritania Moths of Réunion Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Catocalini-stub