Biology:Eulepidotis modestula

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Short description: Species of moth

Eulepidotis modestula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eulepidotis
Species:
E. modestula
Binomial name
Eulepidotis modestula
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Palindia modestula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Eulepidotis modesta

Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found on Saint Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, as well as in Ecuador.[2]

The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5408902 entry