Eulepidotis modestula
Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found on Saint Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, as well as in Ecuador.[2]
| Eulepidotis modestula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eulepidotis |
| Species: | E. modestula |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.[3]
References
- Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
- "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- Savela, Markku. "Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
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