Green Fruit-piercing Moth

Eudocima salaminia

Description

Eudocima salaminia has large and stout body. The forewings can be brown, cream, or green in color with defined white border along the costa and margin of each wing. The hindwings are yellow orange in color with black border and black comma pattern in the middle part. It has sharp and strong proboscis for sucking fruit juice as its food.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

70 days

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

Wingspan is about 80-104 mm

Ar

Arboreal

No

Nocturnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Lepidoptera

FAMILY

:

Erebidae

GENUS

:

Eudocima

SPECIES

:

Eudocima salaminia

Distribution

Eudocima salaminia could fe found on plantation with the host tree such as citrus, longans, or lychee.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Australia

Country : Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Eudocima salaminia is nocturnal who actively foraging at night.

Lifestyle

Arboreal, Nocturnal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Eudocima salaminia penetrate into the ripe fruit using their strong proboscis to suck the fruit juice.

Diet : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

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