Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Eublemma cochylioides | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Eublemma, Eublemma ostrina, Eublemma anachoresis, Dysgonia torrida, Callopistria maillardi | ||
Eublemma cochylioides is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.
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Distribution
It is found throughout the Old World countries (including France). Besides France, it can also be found in such European countries as Greece and Portugal, and on islands such as Crete and Cyprus. It is also common in Asian ones such as Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, and Taiwan, where it might migrate. When comes African migration the species resort to South Africa, from which it might migrate to such Australian islands as Fiji and Tonga, and including Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia.
Description
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). Male with no pit in the membrane of fore wing towards apex, which is somewhat acute. Head and thorax ochreous white. Fore wings with ochreous white basal area, bounded by a very oblique fulvous line, beyond which the area is bright pink. Outer margin fulvous suffused. Two white spots can be seen near outer angle, with some black scaled on their outer edge. Hind wings pale, suffused with fuscous towards outer margin.
The larvae have been recorded on Elephantopus species and Prenanthes spinosa.