Eublemma anachoresis

Eublemma anachoresis, the banner, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Australia and the southern part of Africa. Records include Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Society Islands, Eswatini, Taiwan, Thailand and northern New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[1]

Dorsal view
Ventral view

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species:
E. anachoresis
Binomial name
Eublemma anachoresis
(Wallengren, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
  • Thalpochares accedens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Eublemma accedens
  • Thalpochares divisa Moore, 1881
  • Thalpochares leonata Butler, 1886
  • Porphyrinia derufata Warren, 1913

Description

The wingspan is about 22–24 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen pale bright yellow, with slightly pinkish tinge in thorax. Forewings with yellow basal half, bounded by a slightly oblique white and black line, beyond which the area is bright pinkish with a slight copper tinge. There is an indistinct slightly sinuous sub-marginal line. Hindwings are yellowish. African forms has a pure white sub-marginal line in forewings.[2]

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Waltheria americana, and Waltheria indica.[3]

References
  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (29 April 2014). "Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 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. "Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren, 1863)". African Moths. Retrieved 7 August 2016.


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