Eudocima

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Genus of moths

title: "Eudocima" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eudocima", "moth-genera", "taxa-described-in-1820", "taxa-named-by-gustaf-johan-billberg"] description: "Genus of moths" topic_path: "general/eudocima" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudocima" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of moths ::

| taxon = Eudocima | image = Eudocima_homaena.jpg | image_caption = Eudocima homaena | authority = Billberg, 1820 | synonyms =

  • Acacalis Agassiz, 1847
  • Acacallis Hübner, 1823
  • Adris Moore, 1881
  • Argadesa Moore, 1881
  • Corycia Hübner, 1823
  • Elygea Billberg, 1828
  • Eumaenas Hampson, 1924
  • Halastus Butler, 1892
  • Khadira Moore, 1881
  • Leptophara Billberg, 1828
  • Maenas Hübner, 1823
  • Ophideres Boisduval, 1832
  • Ophioderes Agassiz, 1847
  • Othreis Hübner, 1823
  • Othryis Agassiz, 1847
  • Purbia Moore, 1881
  • Rhytia Hübner, 1823
  • Trissophaes Hübner, 1823
  • Vandana Moore, 1881 | synonyms_ref =

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 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).

References

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory ''Eudocima''".
  2. Billberg, G.J. 1820. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665751 Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg.] Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [85]
  3. Hampson, G. F.. (1894). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II". Taylor and Francis.
  4. Zilli, A. & Hogenes, W. (2002). [https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Quad_5_0153-0207.pdf "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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