Euproctis fulvipuncta explained

Euproctis fulvipuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2] [3]

It was described by Hampson as white with orange spots, with brown antennas.[4]

The caterpillar is known to feed on Neolitsea zeylanica.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893 . Catalogue of Life . 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, [1893] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 8 October 2018 . 11 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071650/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/euproctis/#fulvipuncta . dead .
  4. Book: Hampson, George Francis. Moths. Bell. Thomas Reid Davys. Scott. Francis Burgess. 1892. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]. Smithsonian Libraries.
  5. Web site: HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants . The Natural History Museum . 7 March 2018.

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