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Eulepidotis modestula

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Eulepidotis modestula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eulepidotis
Species:
E. modestula
Binomial name
Eulepidotis modestula
Synonyms
  • Palindia modestula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Eulepidotis modesta

Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found on Saint 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

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  1. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2018.