Biology:Eulepidotis superior

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Short description: Species of moth

Eulepidotis superior
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eulepidotis
Species:
E. superior
Binomial name
Eulepidotis superior
(Guenee, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Palindia superior Guenée, 1852
  • Palindia deva Druce, 1889
  • Palindia dewitzii Möschler, 1890

Eulepidotis superior is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found from Mexico to Panama and Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, as well as on Puerto Rico, Grenada and Saint Lucia.

The larvae feed on Quararibea asterolepis.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5408953 entry