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

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

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

  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. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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