Earias cupreoviridis

Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862.[1] It is found in African countries like Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe[2] to Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka,[3] China, Japan,[4] Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong.[5]

Earias cupreoviridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. cupreoviridis
Binomial name
Earias cupreoviridis
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera? cupreoviridis Walker, 1862
  • Earias? chromataria Walker, 1863
  • Earias fulvidana Wallengren, 1863
  • Eariasxe fervida Walker, 1866
  • Earias limbana Snellen, 1879
  • Earias cupreoviridis decolorata Warren, 1913
  • Earias cupreoviridis Walker; Kobes, 1997

Description

The wingspan of the adult is 21 mm. Palpi pinkish. Head and thorax pale greenish. Forewings pale green with two reddish-brown specks towards the end of the cell. Basal part of costa suffused with pinkish yellow. There is a brownish irregular marginal band with a yellowish inner edge. Abdomen and hindwings pure white.[6] The caterpillar is pale pinkish brown with olive-green speckles. Anterior tubercles are orange colored and the later are pinkish brown. There are jet-black spots above the spiracles.[7]

Larval food plants are Abelmoschus esculentus, Diospyros, Gossypium, Grewia tiliaefolia, Corchorus, Hibiscus, Kydia calycina, Malvastrum coromandelianum, Oryza sativa and Sida cordifolia.[2]

References
  1. "Species Details: Earias cupreoviridis Walker, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. "Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". African Moths. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "ワタリンガ Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "The Chloephorinae, Sarrothripini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Earias cupreoviridis description". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. "Earias cupreoviridis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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