Eudocima

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Eudocima is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820,[1][2] and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the past. Adult moths in the genus are known for puncturing and feeding on the juices of fruits, because of which they are considered as pests by horticulturists.

Eudocima
Eudocima homaena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Ophiderini
Genus: Eudocima
Billberg, 1820
Synonyms[1]
  • Acacalis Agassiz, 1847
  • Acacallis Hübner, 1823
  • Adris Moore, 1881
  • Argadesa Moore, 1881
  • Corycia Hübner, 1823
  • Elygea Billberg, 1828
  • Eumaenas Hampson, 1924
  • Halastus Butler, 1892
  • Khadira Moore, 1881
  • Leptophara Billberg, 1828
  • Maenas Hübner, 1823
  • Ophideres Boisduval, 1832
  • Ophioderes Agassiz, 1847
  • Othreis Hübner, 1823
  • Othryis Agassiz, 1847
  • Purbia Moore, 1881
  • Rhytia Hübner, 1823
  • Trissophaes Hübner, 1823
  • Vandana Moore, 1881

Description

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Palpi with second joint thickened and reaching vertex of head, and blunt naked third joint. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax have slight tufts. Abdomen clothed with coarse hair on dorsum. Tibia spineless and clothed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa and acute apex. Inner margin lobed and with tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where first pair rudimentary.[3]

Species

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The following species are recognized by Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes (2002).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory Eudocima". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [85]
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ Zilli, A. & Hogenes, W. (2002). "An annotated list of the fruit piercing moth genus Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (sensu Poole) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae)". Quadrifina. 5: 153-207.
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