''Eudocima'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The pl ...
in 1820,
and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the past. Adult moths in the genus are known for puncturing and feeding on the juices of fruits, because of which they are considered as pests by horticulturists.
Description
Palpi with second joint thickened and reaching vertex of head, and blunt naked third joint. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax have slight tufts. Abdomen clothed with coarse hair on dorsum. Tibia spineless and clothed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa and acute apex. Inner margin lobed and with tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where first pair rudimentary.
Species
The following species are recognized by Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes (2002).
[Zilli, A. & Hogenes, W. (2002)]
"An annotated list of the fruit piercing moth genus ''Eudocima'' Billberg, 1820 (sensu Poole) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae)"
''Quadrifina''. 5: 153-207.
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Eudocima anguina''
Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima apta''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima aurantia''
Moore, 1877
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Eudocima bathyglypta
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Prout, 1928
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Eudocima behouneki
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima boseae
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Saalmüller, 1880
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Eudocima caesar
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Felder, 1861
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Eudocima cajeta''
Cramer, 1775
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Eudocima cocalus''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima collusoria
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima colubra
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Schaus, 1911
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Eudocima discrepans''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima dividens
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima divitiosa
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Walker, 1869
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Eudocima euryzona
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Hampson, 1926
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Eudocima felicia
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Stoll, 1790
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Eudocima formosa
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Griveaud & Viette, 1960
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Eudocima homaena
''Eudocima homaena'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1816. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan, the Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on Christmas Island ...
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Hübner, 1816
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Eudocima hypermnestra''
Cramer, 1780
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Eudocima imperator
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Boisduval, 1833
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Eudocima iridescens''
Lucas, 1894
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Eudocima jordani''
Holland, 1900
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Eudocima kinabaluensis''
Feige, 1976
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Eudocima kuehni''
Pagenstecher, 1886
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Eudocima materna''
Linnaeus, 1767
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Eudocima mazzeii''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima memorans
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Walker, 1857
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Eudocima mionopastea
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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Hampson, 1926
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Eudocima muscigera''
Butler, 1882
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Eudocima nigricilia''
Prout, 1924
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Eudocima okurai''
Okano, 1964
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Eudocima paulii''
Robinson, 1968
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Eudocima phalonia''
Linnaeus, 1763
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Eudocima pratti''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Eudocima prattorum''
Prout, 1922
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Eudocima procus''
Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima prolai''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima salaminia
''Eudocima salaminia'', the green fruit-piercing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from India, and across south-east Asia to the Pacific Islands. In Australia it occurs ...
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Cramer, 1777
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Eudocima serpentifera''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima sikhimensis''
Butler, 1895
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Eudocima smaragdipicta''
Walker, 1857
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Eudocima splendida''
Yoshimoto, 1999
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Eudocima strivijayana''
Bänziger, 1985
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Eudocima talboti''
Prout, 1922
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Eudocima toddi''
Zayas, 1965
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Eudocima treadawayi''
Zilli & Hogenes, 2002
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Eudocima tyrannus''
Guenée, 1852
References
External links
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''Eudocima serpentifera'' in the US
{{Taxonbar , from=Q1934758
Moth genera
Taxa described in 1820
Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg