Earias cupreoviridis

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Earias cupreoviridis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. cupreoviridis
Binomial name
Earias cupreoviridis
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera? cupreoviridisWalker, 1862
  • Earias? chromatariaWalker, 1863
  • Earias fulvidanaWallengren, 1863
  • Eariasxe fervidaWalker, 1866
  • Earias limbanaSnellen, 1879
  • Earias cupreoviridis decolorataWarren, 1913
  • Earias cupreoviridisWalker; Kobes, 1997

Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. [1] It is found in African countries like Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe [2] to Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, [3] China, Japan, [4] Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong. [5]

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Description

The wingspan of the adult is 21 mm. Palpi pinkish. Head and thorax pale greenish. Forewings pale green with two reddish-brown specks towards the end of the cell. Basal part of costa suffused with pinkish yellow. There is a brownish irregular marginal band with a yellowish inner edge. Abdomen and hindwings pure white. [6] The caterpillar is pale pinkish brown with olive-green speckles. Anterior tubercles are orange colored and the later are pinkish brown. There are jet-black spots above the spiracles. [7]

Larval food plants are Abelmoschus esculentus , Diospyros , Gossypium , Grewia tiliaefolia , Corchorus , Hibiscus , Kydia calycina , Malvastrum coromandelianum , Oryza sativa and Sida cordifolia . [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Earias cupreoviridis Walker, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". African Moths. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. ↑ "ワタリンガ Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Sarrothripini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Earias cupreoviridis description". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Earias cupreoviridis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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