Eublemma cochylioides

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Eublemma cochylioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species: E. cochylioides
Binomial name
Eublemma cochylioides
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Micra cochylioides Guenée, 1852
  • Micra rosita Guenée, 1852
  • Thalpochares phoenissa Lederer, 1855
  • Micra derogata Walker, 1858
  • Thalpochares calida Staudinger, 1894
  • Porphyrinia confuscata Warren, 1913

Eublemma cochylioides is a moth of the Erebidae family.

Distribution

It is found throughout the Old World countries (including France).[1] Besides France, it can also be found in such European countries as Greece and Portugal, and on islands such as Crete and Cyprus.[2] It is also common in Asian ones such as Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Taiwan, where it might migrate. When comes African migration the species resort to South Africa, from which it might migrate to such Australian islands as Fiji and Tonga, and including Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). Adults have pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines containing a triangular pink area.

The larvae have been recorded on Elephantopus species and Prenanthes spinosa.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)". Australian insects. Retrieved September 20, 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013. 

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