Eudocima materna

Dot-underwing
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eudocima
Species: E. materna
Binomial name
Eudocima materna
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Phalaena materna
  • Noctua hybrida
  • Ophideres apta See text
  • Ophideres chalcogramma

Description

Eudocima materna, known as dot-underwing moth,[1][2] is a moth of the Noctuidae family found in large parts of the world, mainly in tropical Asia extending to New Guinea and Australia. Reports from the United States, Canada and the French Antilles are now considered to be Eudocima apta. Like his common name, the species can clearly identified by other Eudocima moths, by the presence of small central black dot in each hind wing.

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Synonyms: Phalaena materna, Othreis materna, Ophideres materna, Noctua hybrida, Eudocima apta, Ophideres chalcogramma

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7 boseae, divitiosa, euryzona, formosa, fullonia, imperator, materna

DISTRIBUTION Cameroon, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

LARVAL FOODPLANTS Cocculus, Lycopersicon, Malus pumila, Mangifera indica, Musa x paradisiaca, Tinospora caffra, Vitus, Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii, Rhigiocarya racemifera, Tiliacora [2]

The larvae feed on Menispermaceae species, including Tinospora smilacina and Legnephora moorei. It is considered a pest on citrus and other fruit, which it damages by piercing the fruit with its proboscis in order to suck the juice.

Some older authors have considered Eudocima apta as a synonym of E. materna but more recent workers consider apta as a New World species that is very similar in appearance to materna. Eudocima apta (Walker, [1858]) = Eudocima materna of authors, not Linnaeus, 1767. Previous authorshave incorrectly listed apta as a synonym of materna . Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) is not a synonym of apta , but is its Old World counterpart. A simple visual comparison of Old World materna (L.) and New World apta (Walker) reveals the obvious differences of the two species in both sexes. Zilli and Hogenes (2002) report " Eudocima apta (Walker,[1858]) sp. rev. is considered a distinct species from Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)" and they also report genitalic differences between the two species, most notably in the bursa.

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References

  1. ↑ Hill, Mike. "The dot underwing Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Seychelles" (PDF). islandbiodiversity.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Eudocima materna, (Linnaeus, 1767)". African Moths. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Brou Jr., Vernon. "A New US Record for the tropical fruit-piercing moth Eudocima serpentifera (Walker, 1858)". Academia. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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