Biology:Eulepidotis modestula
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Short description: Species of moth
| Eulepidotis modestula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eulepidotis |
| Species: | E. modestula
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)[1]
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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
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/noctuid/ophideri/texteng/e_modest.htm. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/eulepidotis/#modestula. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q5408902 entry
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