Trabala charon

Trabala charon is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, first described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Kenya, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia.[1]

Trabala charon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Subfamily:	Lasiocampinae
Genus:	Trabala
Species:	T.charon
Binomial name
*Trabala charon* H. Druce, 1910

Biology

Known food plants of this species are Terminalia glaucescens, Terminalia mantaly and Combretum racemosum (Combretaceae).[2]

References

Druce, H. (1910). "Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8)5:393–402.

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Trabala charon Druce, 1910". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
"Trabala charon Druce, 1910". African Moths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

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