Eudocima

Eudocima
Eudocima homaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Ophiderini
Genus: Eudocima
Billberg, 1820
Synonyms
  • Acacalis Agassiz
  • Acacallis Hübner
  • Adris Moore
  • Argadesa Moore
  • Corycia Hübner
  • Elygea Billberg
  • Eumaenas Hampson
  • Halastus Butler
  • Khadira Moore
  • Leptophara Billberg
  • Maenas Hübner
  • Ophideres Boisduval
  • Ophioderes Agassiz
  • Othreis Hübner
  • Othryis Agassiz
  • Purbia Moore
  • Rhytia Hübner
  • Trissophaes Hübner
  • Vandana Moore, 1881

Eudocima is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

Description

Palpi with second joint thickened and reaching vertex of head, and blunt naked third joint. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax have slight tufts. Abdomen clothed with coarse hair on dorsum. Tibia spineless and clothed with long hair. Fore wings with arched costa and acute apex. Inner margin lobed and with tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where first pair rudimentary.[1]

Species

The following species are recognized by Zill and Hogenes (2002).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Zilli, A. and W. Hogenes 2002 An annotated list of the fruit piercing moth genus Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (sensu Poole) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Quadrifina 5: 153-207.
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