Eressa confinis

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Eressa confinis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eressa
Species:
E. confinis
Binomial name
Eressa confinis
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Glaucopis confinisWalker, 1854
  • Eressa musaSwinhoe, 1885
  • Syntomoides catenaWileman, 1910
  • Syntomoides finitimaWileman, 1910
  • Eressa catoriaSwinhoe, 1900
  • Eressa intensaRothschild, 1910
  • Eressa malaccensisRothschild, 1910
  • Eressa guttulataStauder, 1915
  • Eressa confinis ab. trifenestrataStrand

Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, the Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, [1] Taiwan and China.

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Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. [2] Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins. [3]

Subspecies

In Kanjirappally, Kerala. Eressa confinis @ Kanjirappally.jpg
In Kanjirappally, Kerala.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  2. Oriental Butterflies & Moths
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.