Eulepidotis modestula

Eulepidotis modestula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.

References

  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.