Eublemma anachoresis

Eublemma anachoresis
Eublemma anachoresis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Eublemma
Species: E. anachoresis
Binomial name
Eublemma anachoresis
(Wallengren, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
  • Thalpochares accedens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Eublemma accedens
  • Thalpochares divisa Moore, 1881
  • Thalpochares leonata Butler, 1886
  • Porphyrinia derufata Warren, 1913

Eublemma anachoresis is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in the Indomalaya ecozone, Australia and the southern part of Africa. Records include Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Society Islands, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand and northern New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[1]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

The wingspan is about 22–24 mm. The basal half of the forewings is yellow and the marginal half red or brown.

The larvae feed on Waltheria americana.

References

  1. ↑ "Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)". Australian Insects. Retrieved August 25, 2008.