Eudocima
Encyclopedia
Eudocima is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
The following species are recognized by Zill and Hogenes (2002)- Eudocima anguinaEudocima anguinaEudocima anguina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in South America and in most of Costa Rica.Not that much is known about this species of moth....
Schaus, 1911 - Eudocima aptaEudocima aptaEudocima apta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in large parts of Brazil. At times it migrates north into the United States.The wingspan is about 45 mm.-External links:**...
Walker, 1857 - Eudocima aurantiaEudocima aurantiaEudocima aurantia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across south-east Asia, from Sri-Lanka to northern Queensland, Australia. It is also present on the Andamans.The wingspan is about 90 mm....
Moore, 1877 - Eudocima bathyglypta Prout, 1928
- Eudocima behouneki Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
- Eudocima boseae Saalmüller, 1880
- Eudocima caesar Felder, 1861
- Eudocima cajetaEudocima cajetaEudocima cajeta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Sri-Lanka, India and Indonesia....
Cramer, 1775 - Eudocima cocalusEudocima cocalusThe Cocalus Fruit Piercing Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Himalaya, to Sundaland and east to Queensland, Australia and the Solomons.The wingspan is about 100 mm....
Cramer, 1777 - Eudocima collusoria Cramer, 1777
- Eudocima colubra Schaus, 1911
- Eudocima discrepansEudocima discrepansEudocima discrepans is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Himalaya, western China, Singapore, Thailand and Sundaland.The larvae feed on Tinomiscium petiolare.-External links:*...
Walker, 1857 - Eudocima dividens Walker, 1857
- Eudocima divitiosa Walker, 1869
- Eudocima euryzona Hampson, 1926
- Eudocima felicia Stoll, 1790
- Eudocima formosa Griveaud & Viette, 1960
- Eudocima homaenaEudocima homaenaEudocima homaena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in theIndian subregion, Taiwan, Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on Christmas Island....
Hübner, 1816 - Eudocima hypermnestraEudocima hypermnestraEudocima hypermnestra is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found inChina, Taiwan and India....
Cramer, 1780 - Eudocima imperator Boisduval, 1833
- Eudocima iridescensEudocima iridescensEudocima iridescens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in large parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea.The wingspan is about 90 mm....
Lucas, 1894 - Eudocima jordaniEudocima jordaniJordan's Fruit Piercing Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland. Adults are considered a commercial pest. They damage fruit by piercing the skin to suck juice.The wingspan is about 70 mm...
Holland, 1900 - Eudocima kinabaluensis Feige, 1976
- Eudocima kuehni Pagenstecher, 1886
- Eudocima maternaEudocima maternaEudocima materna is a moth of the Noctuidae family found in large parts of the world, including New Guinea and Australia. Reports from the United States, Canada and the French Antilles are now considered to be Eudocima apta....
Linnaeus, 1767 - Eudocima mazzeii Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
- Eudocima memorans Walker, 1857
- Eudocima mionopastea Hampson, 1926
- Eudocima muscigera Butler, 1882
- Eudocima nigricilia Prout, 1924
- Eudocima okurai Okano, 1964
- Eudocima paulii Robinson, 1968
- Eudocima phaloniaEudocima phaloniaThe Fruit Piercing Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in large parts of the tropics, mainly in Asia, Africa and Australia but introduced into other areas such as Hawaii, New Zealand and the Society Islands....
Linnaeus, 1763 - Eudocima pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Eudocima prattorum Prout, 1922
- Eudocima procus Cramer, 1777
- Eudocima prolai Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
- Eudocima salaminiaEudocima salaminiaEudocima salaminia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from India across south-east Asia to the Pacific Islands. In Australia it occurs in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.The wingspan is about 80 mm....
Cramer, 1777 - Eudocima serpentifera Walker, 1857
- Eudocima sikhimensis Butler, 1895
- Eudocima smaragdipicta Walker, 1857
- Eudocima splendida Yoshimoto, 1999
- Eudocima strivijayana Bänziger, 1985
- Eudocima talboti Prout, 1922
- Eudocima toddi Zayas, 1965
- Eudocima treadawayi Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
- Eudocima tyrannusEudocima tyrannusEudocima tyrannus is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, India eastern China, the Philippines and Japan.The wingspan is about 95 mm.-External links:*...
Guenée, 1852
External links
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=noctuidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUSNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
- Eudocima serpentifera in the US