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Euproctis fulvipuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Euproctis fulvipuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Euproctis
Species:
E. fulvipuncta
Binomial name
Euproctis fulvipuncta
Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
  • Nygmia fulvipuncta Swinhoe, 1923

It was described by Hampson as white with orange spots, with brown antennas.[4]

The caterpillar is known to feed on Neolitsea zeylanica.[5]


References


  1. "Species Details: Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, [1893]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. Hampson, George Francis; Bell, Thomas Reid Davys; Scott, Francis Burgess (1892). Moths. Smithsonian Libraries. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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