''Eudocima'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 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 g ...
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''
Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima apta''
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 ...
''
Prout, 1928
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Eudocima behouneki''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima boseae''
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 ...
''
Felder, 1861
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Eudocima cajeta''
Cramer, 1775
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Eudocima cocalus''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima collusoria''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima colubra''
Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima discrepans
''Eudocima discrepans'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the north-eastern part of the Himalayas, western China, Singapore, Thailand and ...
''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima dividens''
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 ...
''
Walker, 1869
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Eudocima euryzona''
Hampson, 1926
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Eudocima felicia''
Stoll, 1790
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Eudocima formosa''
Griveaud & Viette, 1960
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Eudocima homaena''
Hübner, 1816
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Eudocima hypermnestra''
Cramer, 1780
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Eudocima imperator''
Boisduval, 1833
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Eudocima iridescens''
Lucas, 1894
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Eudocima jordani''
Holland, 1900
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Eudocima kinabaluensis''
Feige, 1976
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Eudocima kuehni''
Pagenstecher, 1886
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Eudocima materna''
Linnaeus, 1767
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Eudocima mazzeii''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima memorans''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima mionopastea''
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''
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''
Guenée, 1852
References
External links
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''Eudocima serpentifera'' in the US
Moth genera
{{Calpinae-stub