Eressa confinis
Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, the Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,[1] Taiwan and China.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Eressa |
Species: | E. confinis |
Binomial name | |
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Description
The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[2] Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.[3]
Subspecies
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In Kanjirappally, Kerala.
- Eressa confinis confinis
- Eressa confinis finitima (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan)
- Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)
References
- Savela, Markku. "Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- Oriental Butterflies & Moths
- Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Notes on Eressa confinis
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