Diaphone eumela

Diaphone eumela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diaphone
Species: D. eumela
Binomial name
Diaphone eumela
(Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena eumela Stoll, [1782]
  • Phalaena Noctua eumela Stoll, [1782]
  • Bombyx elegans Fabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena Noctua sylviana Stoll, [1790]
  • Chelonia evidens Guérin-Méneville, [1832]
  • Diaphone sylviana var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862
  • Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901
  • Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903
  • Diaphone barnsi Prout, 1921
  • Ovios sylvina Walker, 1855

Diaphone eumela, the Cherry Spot[2] or Lily Borer, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa[3] and Angola.[4]

Boophone disticha flowerhead with caterpillars of Diaphone eumela

Like its relative, Brithys crini, this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae families, and has been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha.

References

  1. ↑ Diaphone at funet
  2. ↑ African Moths
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ Afro Moths


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