Vegetia ducalis, the ducal princeling, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1922. It is found in South Africa.[2]

Vegetia ducalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Vegetia
Species:
V. ducalis
Binomial name
Vegetia ducalis
Jordan, 1922[1]

The larvae feed on Eriocephalus umbellatus and Eriosema species.

References

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  1. ^ Jordan, Karl (1922). "A Monograph of the Saturnian Subfamily Ludiinae". Novitates Zoologicae. 29: 291.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Vegetia ducalis Jordan, 1922". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2019.