Eulepidotis modestula

Eulepidotis modestula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eulepidotis
Species: E. modestula
Binomial name
Eulepidotis modestula
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Palindia modestula Herrich-Schaffer, 1869
  • Eulepidotis modesta

Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on St. Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, as well as in Ecuador.[2]

The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  2. ↑ inra.fr
  3. ↑ Eulepidotis at funet


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