Eudocima jordani
Eudocima jordani, the Jordan's fruit piercing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Adults are considered a commercial pest. They damage fruit by piercing the skin to suck juice.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eudocima |
| Species: | E. jordani |
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| Eudocima jordani (Holland, 1900) | |
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The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adult males have subtly patterned dark brown forewings, and bright orange hindwings that have broad black margins and a large black spot in the middle. The wings have scalloped margins. The abdomen is orange. Females are similar, but have a broad yellow diagonal band across each forewing.
The larvae feed on Tinospora smilacina.
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