Common Fruit-piercing Moth (species: Eudocima fullonia) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Eudocima fullonia
Common Fruit-piercing Moth


©Anne Hoggett: Female Eudocima fullonia at Lizard Island Research Station.

©Anne Hoggett: Female Eudocima fullonia at Lizard Island Research Station.

©Anne Hoggett: Male Eudocima fullonia at Lizard Island Research Station

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Erebidae
Genus Eudocima
Species Eudocima fullonia

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                                       

Distinguishing features

Underwing orange with distinctive black comma-shaped marking. Forewings brown; those of males with indistinct patterning, females with more distict pattern as shown in the photos.

Caterpillars vary in base colour from black to brown/orange. Smooth, with two 'eyespots' on each side of the abdomen. (Coffs Harbour Butterfly House website accessed 5 Feb 2021)

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Comments

Possibly Eudocima fullonia

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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