Eressa confinis

Eressa confinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Eressa
Species: E. confinis
Binomial name
Eressa confinis
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Glaucopis confinis Walker, 1854
  • Eressa musa Swinhoe, 1885
  • Syntomoides catena Wileman, 1910
  • Syntomoides finitima Wileman, 1910
  • Eressa catoria Swinhoe, 1900
  • Eressa intensa Rothschild, 1910
  • Eressa malaccensis Rothschild, 1910
  • Eressa guttulata Stauder, 1915
  • Eressa confinis ab. trifenestrata Strand

Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, the Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Burma,[1] Taiwan and China.

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[2] Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.[3]

Subspecies

  • Eressa confinis confinis
  • Eressa confinis finitima (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan)
  • Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)

References

  1. ↑ Eressa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Oriental Butterflies & Moths
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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