Eulepidotis modestula explained

Eulepidotis modestula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found on Saint Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, as well as in Ecuador.[1]

The larvae feed on Ceiba pentandra.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles . September 16, 2019.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 2, 2018 . February 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204174442/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/eulepidotis/#modestula . dead .