Earias flavida

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Earias flavida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Eariadinae
Genus: Earias
Species:
E. flavida
Binomial name
Earias flavida
C. Felder, 1861
Synonyms
  • Digba uninotata Walker, 1862
  • Earias annulifera Walker, 1866
  • Earias sulphuraria Moore, [1887]
  • Earias flavida ab. sauteri Strand, 1917

Earias flavida is a moth of the family Nolidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder in 1861. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java to Samoa and Tonga.

Description[edit]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Head, thorax and forewings are bright yellow. There are very indistinct antemedial and postmedial greenish lines. The outer margin is tinged with green. A brown annulus on the discocellulars is present.[1] Hindwings are semi-diaphanous white with apex suffused with yellow.[2]

Ecology[edit]

The larvae feed on the buds and young fruits of Grewia species.[3] They are light yellowish brown to smoky black with a marbled, grey or light brown dorsal band. Pupation takes place in a papery brown cocoon.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 April 2011). "Earias flavida C. Felder 1861". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Earias flavida Felder, 1861". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ The Moths of Borneo