Eudalaca - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Eudalaca is a genus of moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

s of the family Hepialidae

Hepialidae

The Hepialidae is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.-Taxonomy and systematics:...

. There are 35 described species, most restricted to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

but a few found further north in the continent.

Species

E. aequifascia - East Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
E. albiplumis - South Africa
E. albistriata - South Africa
E. ammon - South Africa/Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
E. amphiarma - South Africa
E. aurifuscalis - South Africa
E. bacotii - South Africa
E. cretata - South Africa
E. crossosema - South Africa
E. crudeni - South Africa
E. eriogastra - South Africa
E. exul - South Africa
E. gutterata - South Africa
E. hololecuca - South Africa
E. holophaea - Congo
Congo River
The Congo River is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of . It is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world's largest river, the Amazon...

basin
E. homoterma - South Africa
E. ibex - South Africa
E. infumata - Zimbabwe
E. isorrhoa - South Africa
E. laeucophaea - South Africa
E. leniflua - South Africa
E. leucocyma - South Africa
E. limbopuncta - South Africa
E. miniscula - South Africa
E. nomaqua - South Africa
E. orthocosma - South Africa
E. rivula - South Africa
E. rufescens - South Africa
Larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...

feeds on grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

es
E. sanctahelena - Saint Helena
Saint Helena
Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
E. semicanus - South Africa
E. strictigrapha - Zimbabwe
E. troglodytis - South Africa
E. vaporalis - South Africa
E. vindex - South Africa
E. zernyi - Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

External links

Hepialidae genera

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