Eudesmia menea, the lunar eudesmia, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Drury in 1782.[1] It is found from Brazil and Colombia, through Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras),[2] to the southern United States, where it is found from southern Texas to Florida.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Eudesmia |
| Species: | E. menea
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| Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782)
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Description
editUpperside: antennae filiform (threadlike) and black. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Wings yellow and black. Anterior having two round black spots at the shoulders, and two long ones at the tips. Posterior having a broad black border, beginning at the abdominal corners and running round the wings, crossing the fore wings and ending at the anterior edges.
Underside: palpi and tongue black. Legs black. Breast and abdomen yellow. Wings coloured as on the upperside. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 2 inches (50 mm).[4]
References
edit- ^ "930175.00 – 8097 – Eudesmia menea – (Drury, 1782)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Heiman, Maury J. (August 31, 2013). "Species Eudesmia menea - Hodges#8097". BugGuide. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 4. pl. III.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.