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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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It is found throughout the [[Old World]] countries (including [[France]]).<ref name=lepidoptera>{{cite web|url= http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/cochylioides.html|title=Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)|publisher=Australian insects|accessdate=September 20, 2010}}</ref> Besides France, it can also be found in such [[Europe]]an countries as [[Greece]] and [[Portugal]], and on islands such as [[Crete]] and [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446723|title=''Eublemma cochylioides'' (Guenée, 1852)|publisher=[[Fauna Europaea]]|version=2.5|date=July 23, 2012|accessdate=March 26, 2013}}</ref> It is also common in [[Asia]]n ones such as [[Hong Kong]], [[India]], [[Japan]], and [[Taiwan]], where it might migrate. When comes [[Africa]]n migration the species resort to [[South Africa]], from which it might migrate to such [[Australia]]n islands as [[Fiji]] and [[Tonga]], and including [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]], and [[Western Australia]].<ref name=lepidoptera/> |
It is found throughout the [[Old World]] countries (including [[France]]).<ref name=lepidoptera>{{cite web|url= http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/cochylioides.html|title=Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)|publisher=Australian insects|accessdate=September 20, 2010}}</ref> Besides France, it can also be found in such [[Europe]]an countries as [[Greece]] and [[Portugal]], and on islands such as [[Crete]] and [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446723|title=''Eublemma cochylioides'' (Guenée, 1852)|publisher=[[Fauna Europaea]]|version=2.5|date=July 23, 2012|accessdate=March 26, 2013}}</ref> It is also common in [[Asia]]n ones such as [[Hong Kong]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afromoths.net/species/show/31030 | title=Eublemma cochylioides | publisher=Afro Moths | accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref>, [[Japan]], and [[Taiwan]], where it might migrate. When comes [[Africa]]n migration the species resort to [[South Africa]], from which it might migrate to such [[Australia]]n islands as [[Fiji]] and [[Tonga]], and including [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]], and [[Western Australia]].<ref name=lepidoptera/> |
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==Description== |
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The [[wingspan]] is about {{convert|20|mm}}. Adults have pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines containing a triangular pink area. |
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The [[wingspan]] is about {{convert|20|mm}}. Male with no pit in the membrane of fore wing towards apex, which is somewhat acute. Head and thorax ochreous white. Fore wings with ochreous white basal area, bounded by a very oblique fulvous line, beyond which the area is bright pink. Outer margin fulvous suffused. Two white spots can be seen near outer angle, with some black scaled on their outer edge. Hind wings pale, suffused with fuscous towards outer margin.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref> |
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The larvae have been recorded on ''[[Elephantopus]]'' species and ''[[Prenanthes spinosa]]''. |
The larvae have been recorded on ''[[Elephantopus]]'' species and ''[[Prenanthes spinosa]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/cochylioides.html | title=Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852) | publisher=Butterfly House | accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eublemma |
| Species: | E. cochylioides
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Eublemma cochylioides is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.
Distribution
It is found throughout the Old World countries (including France).[1] Besides France, it can also be found in such European countries as Greece and Portugal, and on islands such as Crete and Cyprus.[2] It is also common in Asian ones such as Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka[3], Japan, and Taiwan, where it might migrate. When comes African migration the species resort to South Africa, from which it might migrate to such Australian islands as Fiji and Tonga, and including Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia.[1]
Description
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). Male with no pit in the membrane of fore wing towards apex, which is somewhat acute. Head and thorax ochreous white. Fore wings with ochreous white basal area, bounded by a very oblique fulvous line, beyond which the area is bright pink. Outer margin fulvous suffused. Two white spots can be seen near outer angle, with some black scaled on their outer edge. Hind wings pale, suffused with fuscous towards outer margin.[4]
The larvae have been recorded on Elephantopus species and Prenanthes spinosa.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)". Australian insects. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ^ "Eublemma cochylioides". Afro Moths. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links
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