Teracotona clara

Teracotona clara is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1892. It is found in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

Teracotona clara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Teracotona
Species:
T. clara
Binomial name
Teracotona clara
Holland, 1892
Synonyms
  • Seirarctia clara ab. indistincta Strand, 1921
  • Seirarctia clara ab. obscurascens Strand, 1921
  • Seirarctia clara rubiginea Toulgoët, 1977

Subspecies
  • Teracotona clara clara (Kenya and Tanzania)
  • Teracotona clara rubiginea (Toulgoët, 1977) (Ethiopia)

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Teracotona clara Holland, 1892". Afromoths. Retrieved January 3, 2018.


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