| African peach moth | |
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| Egybolis vaillantina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae (?) |
| Subfamily: | Catocalinae |
| Genus: | Egybolis Boisduval, 1847 |
| Species: | E. vaillantina |
| Binomial name | |
| Egybolis vaillantina Stoll, 1790 | |
Egybolis is a monotypic genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Its only species, Egybolis vaillantina, the African peach moth, was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. The moths are active during the day.
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