Trigonodes cephise

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Trigonodes cephise is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.[1] It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to northern Australia, the Caroline Islands, Samoa and New Caledonia, Nias and other islands on the south-west of Sumatra.

Trigonodes cephise
Gunung Gading NP, Sarawak, MALAYSIA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Genus: Trigonodes
Species:
T. cephise
Binomial name
Trigonodes cephise
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Noctua cephise (Cramer, [1779])
  • Trigonodes maxima Guenée, 1852
  • Chalciope cephise ab. cephisoides Strand, 1917
  • Chalciope saina Swinhoe, 1918
  • Trigonodes saina (Swinhoe, 1918)
  • Chalciope cephise cephisiodes Gaede, 1938

The larvae feed on Vigna species, including Vigna marina.

Subspecies

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  • Trigonodes cephise cephise
  • Trigonodes cephise saina (Nias and other islands on the south-west of Sumatra)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (7 October 2005). "Trigonodes cephise (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 January 2020.