Heniocha dyops
| Marbled emperor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Heniocha |
| Species: | H. dyops
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| Binomial name | |
| Heniocha dyops | |
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Heniocha dyops, the marbled emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae First described by J. Peter Maassen in 1872.[1] It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia mearnsii, Acacia burkei, Acacia hereroensis, Acacia karroo, Acacia mellifera and Acacia nigrescens.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Heniocha dyops (Maassen & Weymer 1886)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- ^ "Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ African Moths Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
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