Aloa marginata Donovan, 1805 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aloa marginata Donovan, 1805

Aloa marginata Donovan, 1805

Paramsacta marginata, or Donovan's tiger moth, is an Erebidae moth found in Oceania, whose larvae feed on multiple plant families.

Family
Genus
Aloa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Aloa marginata Donovan, 1805

Paramsacta marginata, commonly known as Donovan's tiger moth or Donovan's amsacta, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. This species was first described by Edward Donovan in 1805, under the scientific name Aloa marginata. It is distributed across most of Australia, New Guinea, Fergusson Island, and the Louisiade Archipelago. The larvae of Paramsacta marginata feed on plant species from the families Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae, and Portulacaceae.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Aloa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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