Biology:Earias cupreoviridis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Earias |
| Species: | E. cupreoviridis
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| Binomial name | |
| Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
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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]
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]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Earias cupreoviridis Walker, 1862". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/38cd2f7b32dae20c2b5e0750b0c9625c. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOLIDAE/EARIADINAE/earias%20cupreoviridis.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757.
- ↑ "ワタリンガ Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Eariadinae/Earias_cupreoviridis.html. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "The Chloephorinae, Sarrothripini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Sarrothripini/Earias/Earias%20cupreoviridis.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Earias cupreoviridis description". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268919. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ "Earias cupreoviridis Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/eariadinae/eariadinae_1_4.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13491662 entry
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