Earias flavida
Earias flavida is a moth of the family Nolidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder in 1861. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java to Samoa and Tonga.
| Earias flavida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Eariadinae |
| Genus: | Earias |
| Species: | E. flavida |
| Binomial name | |
| Earias flavida C. Felder, 1861 | |
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Description
The wingspan is about 15 mm. Head, thorax and forewings are bright yellow. There are very indistinct antemedial and postmedial greenish lines. The outer margin is tinged with green. A brown annulus on the discocellulars is present.[1] Hindwings are semi-diaphanous white with apex suffused with yellow.[2]
Ecology
The larvae feed on the buds and young fruits of Grewia species.[3] They are light yellowish brown to smoky black with a marbled, grey or light brown dorsal band. Pupation takes place in a papery brown cocoon.[4]
References
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 April 2011). "Earias flavida C. Felder 1861". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Earias flavida Felder, 1861". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- The Moths of Borneo
- "Earias flavida Felder, 1861". Insecta.pro. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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