Episteme adulatrix

Episteme adulatrix, the day flying moth,[2] is a species of moth in the genus Episteme of the family Noctuidae.[3][4]

Episteme adulatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Episteme
Species:
E. adulatrix
Binomial name
Episteme adulatrix
(Kollar, 1844)[1]
Synonyms

Distribution

This species can be found in India, western China, Nepal, Burma[5] and Taiwan.

Description

Episteme adulatrix has a wingspan of about 66 millimetres (2.6 in).[6] The upperside of the forewings is black, with large yellow markings, a row of small white spots and pale blue spots at the base. The upperside of the hindwings is black, with small white submarginal spots and orange spots near the anal angle. Head, thorax and abdomen are black, abdomen with blood-red bands.[7][6]

Biology

It is a day flying moth (hence the common name). Caterpillars feed on Solanum tuberosum.[8]

  • Upperside
  • Museum specimen
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References
  1. Episteme adulatrix on eol.org
  2. Report of the “Study of the Biodiversity of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Campus” by World Wide Fund for Nature -India, Maharashtra State Office, Mumbai
  3. Catalogue of life
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Episteme adulatrix". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Episteme adulatrix (Kollar, [1844])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  6. India Biodiversity
  7. Westwood, J. O. The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured
  8. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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