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Similar Syntomoides, Syntomoides imaon, Amata fortunei, Amata, Nyctemera | ||
Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Taiwan and China.
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Description
The is 20–23 mm. Antennae bipectinate in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate in female. Body dull black in color 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. Fore wings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hind wings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.
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