Eressa confinis

Eressa confinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eressa
Species:	E. confinis
Binomial name
	Eressa confinis; (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
	Glaucopis confinis Walker, 1854; Eressa musa Swinhoe, 1885; Syntomoides catena Wileman, 1910; Syntomoides finitima Wileman, 1910; Eressa catoria Swinhoe, 1900; Eressa intensa Rothschild, 1910; Eressa malaccensis Rothschild, 1910; Eressa guttulata Stauder, 1915; Eressa confinis ab. trifenestrata Strand;

Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, the Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,[1] Taiwan and China.

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[2] Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.[3]

Subspecies

In Kanjirappally, Kerala.

Eressa confinis confinis
Eressa confinis finitima (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan)
Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)

References

Savela, Markku. "Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
Oriental Butterflies & Moths
Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Notes on Eressa confinis

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

[2] Oriental Butterflies & Moths

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.