Catephia squamosa

Catephia squamosa, the scaly alchemyst,^[1] is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in central, eastern and southern Africa, including some islands of the Indian Ocean.^[2]

Scaly alchemyst
Catephia squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catephia
Species:	C. squamosa
Binomial name
Catephia squamosa (Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
Anophia discistriga Walker, 1858 Plusia inconclusa Walker, 1858 Anophia trispilosa Saalmüller, 1880

It has a wingspan of approx. 32 mm.