Earias flavida

Earias flavida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Earias
Species: E. flavida
Binomial name
Earias flavida
Felder, [1861
Synonyms
  • Digba uninotata Walker, 1862
  • Earias annulifera Walker, 1866
  • Earias sulphuraria Moore, [1887]
  • Earias flavida ab. sauteri Strand, 1917

Earias flavida is a moth of the Nolidae family. It was described by Felder in 1861. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java to Samoa and Tonga.

Description

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Head, thorax and fore wings are bright yellow in color. There are very indistinct antemedial and postmedial greenish lines can be found. The outer margin tinge with green. A brown annulus on the discocellulars present.[1] Hind wings are semi-diaphanous white with apex suffused with yellow.[2]

Ecology

The larvae feed on the buds and young fruits of Grewia species.[3] They are light yellowish brown to smoky black with a marbled, grey or light brown dorsal band. Pupation takes place in a papery brown cocoon.[4]

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