Grammodes congenita

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Grammodes cogenita.jpg

| image2 = Grammodes congenita.JPG

| taxon = Grammodes congenita

| authority = Walker, 1858

| synonyms =

  • Grammodes exclusiva Pagenstecher, 1907

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Grammodes congenita Poole, R. W. (1989). [http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov:591/spod/catalogue/search.html Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923061315/http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov:591/spod/catalogue/search.html |date=2009-09-23 }}. CRC Press. {{ISBN|0-916846-45-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-916846-45-9}}. is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa, including South Africa, Eswatini and Madagascar.

Foodplants of the larvae of this species are Cistus salvifolius, Rubus sp., Smilax sp. and Polygonum sp..[http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/EREBINAE/grammodes%20congenita.html Africanmoths] This species also figures on a $100 stamp of Cabo Verde from 1999.[https://archive.today/20130702222529/http://www.butterflystamps.co.kr/www/gnu3/?doc=bbs/gnuboard.php&bo_table=collection&sselect=wr_8&stext=cape+verde&soperator=1&page=2&wr_id=1839 www.butterflystamps.co.kr]

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