Ethmia nigroapicella

Ethmia nigroapicella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ethmiidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species: E. nigroapicella
Binomial name
Ethmia nigroapicella
(Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Psecadia nigroapicella Saalmüller, 1880
  • Ethmia colonella Walsingham, 1907
  • Ethmia meteoris Meyrick, 1911
  • Ethmia systematica Meyrick, 1922
  • Psecadia apicalis Matsumura, 1931

Ethmia nigroapicella, commonly known as the Kou Leafworm, is a moth of the Ethmiidae family. It is found in Madagascar, the Seychelles, India, Assam, Burma, Samoa, the Philippines, Hawaii, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.

Caterpillar

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. The forewings are overlaid with 15 black dots on a grey background and a row of 7 marginal dots. The hindwings are orange-yellow, but the apical patch is dark brown and covers 1/7 of the hindwing.[1]

The larvae feed on Ehretia species (including Ehretia dicksoni var. japonica, Ehretia laevis and Ehretia buxifolia) and Cordia subcordata.

This moth figures on a 25 cents stamp of Kiribati from 1980.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Biota Taiwanica
  2. ↑ http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ethm/nigroap.html Butterflyhouse.com.au

External links

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