Eochroa trimenii

Eochroa trimenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Bunaeini
Genus: Eochroa
Felder, 1874
Species: E. trimenii
Binomial name
Eochroa trimenii
(Felder, 1874)

Eochroa trimenii is a small (wingspan of 65 millimetres or 2.6 inches), bright pink moth with yellow borders and large eyespots on its wings. Males have disproportionately large antennae. Larvae are cream with irregular black stripes and short black spines and feed on various species of Melianthus. Adults appear in atutumn. They inhabit arid rocky areas and mountain passes in Africa where the host plant grows. It is the only species in the genus Eochroa.[1]

References

  1. "Gattung: Eochroa" [Genus Eochroa]. Saturniidae World Homepage für den Saturniidenfreund (in German). Retrieved May 26, 2010.