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Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Calpinae (subfamily)/  Ophiderini (tribe)/  Eudocima (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Linnaeus, 1763)
Citation:Phalaena Phalonia N.
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Linnaeus C. 1763a. D. D. Centuria Insectorum Rariorum quam consent. experimentiss. fac. med. in regia academia upsaliensi, [etc.].
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Pagination:28
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974693
Name(English):Fruit-piercing moth

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Eudocima by A. Zilli & W. Hogenes (2002: 164). The description was reprinted in Linnaeus (1763b: 411), http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2031821.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Lectotype LSL Lectotype ♂, designated by K. Mikkola & M. R. Honey (1993), LSL. India [India], "In Indiis". Mikkola K. & Honey M. R. 1993. The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Linnaeus. page 28
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa, Vanuatu; Oriental: Bhutan, India, Pakistan, New Guinea, Sri Lanka.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Angola Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Benin Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Cameroon Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 298 (as princeps)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Comoros Guillermet C. 2005d. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. Volume 1. Famille des Noctuidae Quadrifides. page 386 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 284 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Strand E. 1913b. Lepidoptera aus dem belgischen Kongo. page 92 (as princeps)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. page 1322
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Côte d'Ivoire Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Eritrea Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. page 189 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Eswatini page TMSA
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Gabon 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). page 165
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Ghana Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Guinea Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Kenya Berio E. 1979. I Noctuidae del Kenya della collezione Alberto Ancillotto (Lepidoptera). page 490 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Liberia Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Madagascar Saalmüller M. 1878. Mittheilungen über Madagaskar, seine Lepidopteren-fauna. page 94 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Malawi Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Mozambique Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Namibia Brou V. A. & Zilli A. 2016. An overlooked sibling of the fruit-piercing moth Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Calpinae). page 397
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Nigeria Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Rwanda Brou V. A. & Zilli A. 2016. An overlooked sibling of the fruit-piercing moth Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Calpinae). page 397
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Réunion Guillermet C. & Guillermet C. W. W. 1986. Contribution à l'étude des Papillons Hétérocères de l'Ile de la Réunion. Résultats des chasses de nuit à l'usage des amateurs et des débutants. page 293 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Sao Tome & Principe Príncipe Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. page 514 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Seychelles Aldabra Pagenstecher A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Bd 2,Hft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... page 122 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Sierra Leone Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 37 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Somalia Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 136 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal page TMSA
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) South Africa Mpumalanga page TMSA
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) South Africa Limpopo page TMSA
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) South Africa Northern Cape page TMSA
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Tanzania Strand E. 1911i. Zoologische Ergebnisse des Expedition das Herrn Hauptmann A. D. Fromm 1908/09 nach Deutsch-Ostafrika. page 303 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Tanzania Pemba Brou V. A. & Zilli A. 2016. An overlooked sibling of the fruit-piercing moth Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Calpinae). page 397
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Togo 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). page 165
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Uganda Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 114 (as fullonia)
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Yemen Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 9
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) Zimbabwe Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 689 (as fullonia)
Plant note:

The adult pierces the fruits of many species, e.g. Musa sp., Psidium guajava, Citrus sp., Actinidia deliciosa, Malus pumila, Ananas comosus, etc. (see Reddy et al. 2007: 665).

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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Eudocima dioscoreae (Fabricius, 1775) (Fabricius, 1775) species Synonym Noctua dioscoreae
Eudocima dioscoriae auct. auct. species Misapplied Eudocima dioscoriae
Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764) (Clerck, 1764) species Synonym Phalaena fullonia
Eudocima fullonica (Linnaeus, 1767) (Linnaeus, 1767) species Misapplied Attacus fullonica
Eudocima obliterans (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) species Synonym Ophideres obliterans
Eudocima pomona (Cramer, 1775) (Cramer, 1775) species Synonym Noctua pomona
Eudocima princeps (Guenée, 1852) (Guenée, 1852) species Synonym Ophideres princeps