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Eublemma dimidialis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Micronesia, Nepal, Indochina, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia.[1]

Eublemma dimidialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species:
E. dimidialis
Binomial name
Eublemma dimidialis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaea dimidialis Fabricius, 1794
  • Anthophila secta Guenée, 1852
  • Micra hemirhoda Walker, 1865
  • Anthophila roseifascia Walker, 1865
  • Thalpochares adulans Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Thalpochares basilissa Meyrick, 1891

Description


Its wingspan is about 22 mm. Body bright ochreous yellow. Forewings with the outer half length is bright rose pink, bounded inwardly by an oblique white line. A sub-marginal ochreous band not reaching the costa. Cilia whitish at extremities. Hindwings ochreous, fuscous towards outer margin, with patches of pink on vein 1 and at anal angle.[2]


Ecology


Known food plants of the larvae are Fabaceae, such as mung beans (Vigna radiata) and cow peas (Vigna unguiculata).[3]


References


  1. Noctuidae.de
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2011). "Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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