''Eudocima'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The plant genu ...
in 1820,
and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the past. Adult moths in the genus are known for puncturing and feeding on the juices of fruits, because of which they are considered as pests by horticulturists.
Description
Palpi with second joint thickened and reaching vertex of head, and blunt naked third joint. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax have slight tufts. Abdomen clothed with coarse hair on dorsum. Tibia spineless and clothed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa and acute apex. Inner margin lobed and with tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where first pair rudimentary.
Species
The following species are recognized by Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes (2002).
[Zilli, A. & Hogenes, W. (2002)]
"An annotated list of the fruit piercing moth genus ''Eudocima'' Billberg, 1820 (sensu Poole) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae)"
''Quadrifina''. 5: 153-207.
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Eudocima anguina
''Eudocima anguina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1911. It is found in South America and in most of Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( ...
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Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima apta
''Eudocima apta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in large parts of Brazil. At times it migrates north into the United States. The wingspan is about 45 mm.
Classification
Some older authors have considered ''Eudocima apta'' ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima aurantia''
Moore, 1877
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Eudocima bathyglypta
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Prout, 1928
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Eudocima behouneki
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima boseae
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Saalmüller, 1880
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Eudocima caesar
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Felder, 1861
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Eudocima cajeta''
Cramer, 1775
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Eudocima cocalus''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima collusoria
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima colubra
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima discrepans
''Eudocima discrepans'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Himalayas, western China, Singapore, Thailand and Sundaland.
The larvae feed on ''Tinomiscium pet ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima dividens
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima divitiosa
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Walker, 1869
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Eudocima euryzona
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Hampson, 1926
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Eudocima felicia
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Stoll, 1790
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Eudocima formosa
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Griveaud & Viette, 1960
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Eudocima homaena
''Eudocima homaena'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1816. It is found in the India, Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on C ...
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Hübner, 1816
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Eudocima hypermnestra
''Eudocima hypermnestra'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in China, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=IS ...
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Cramer, 1780
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Eudocima imperator
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Boisduval, 1833
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Eudocima iridescens
''Eudocima iridescens'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in large parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...
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Lucas, 1894
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Eudocima jordani
''Eudocima jordani'', the Jordan's fruit piercing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Adults are considered a commercial pest. They damage fruit by piercing the skin to suck juice.
The win ...
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Holland, 1900
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Eudocima kinabaluensis
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Feige, 1976
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Eudocima kuehni
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Pagenstecher, 1886
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Eudocima materna
''Eudocima materna'', the dot-underwing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae found in widespread parts of the world, mainly in tropical Asia extending to New Guinea and Australia as well as in Africa. Reports from the United States, Canada and ...
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Linnaeus, 1767
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Eudocima mazzeii
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima memorans
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima mionopastea
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pas ...
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Hampson, 1926
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Eudocima muscigera''
Butler, 1882
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Eudocima nigricilia''
Prout, 1924
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Eudocima okurai''
Okano, 1964
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Eudocima paulii''
Robinson, 1968
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Eudocima phalonia''
Linnaeus, 1763
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Eudocima pratti''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Eudocima prattorum''
Prout, 1922
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Eudocima procus''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima prolai''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima salaminia''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima serpentifera
''Eudocima serpentifera'' is a species of fruit-piercing moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodg ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima sikhimensis''
Butler, 1895
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Eudocima smaragdipicta''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima splendida''
Yoshimoto, 1999
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Eudocima strivijayana''
Bänziger, 1985
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Eudocima talboti''
Prout, 1922
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Eudocima toddi''
Zayas, 1965
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Eudocima treadawayi''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima tyrannus
''Eudocima tyrannus'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, India, eastern China, the Philippines and Japan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird o ...
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Guenée, 1852
References
External links
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''Eudocima serpentifera'' in the US
Moth genera
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