Eudocima homaena (Hubner, 1823)

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Kaustubh, Kumar & Joshi, Rahul, 2019, New distributional records of Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3) : -

4. Eudocima homaena (Hübner, [1823] 1816)

Othreis homaena Hübner, [1823] ; Verz.bek. Schmett., (17): 264

Material examined: India: Jharkhand, Chatra, Itkhori (24°12’23.43” N; 84°52’20.74” E; Alt.- 1446 ft.), 18.x.2014 – 01 ex. (Coll. - N. Singh and Party) .

Diagnostic characters: Sexual dimorphism is common in this species. Females have a broad green streak in middle of forewings which runs from near base of the wing to post medial line. Males lack this broad band. Female genitalia have elongate corpus bursae with corrugations.

Distribution: India: Karnataka (Bhumannavar and Viraktamath, 2001); Andhra Pradesh ( Ramachandrachari and Padmanabham, 1960), Uttarakhand ( Smetacek,2008), Tamil Nadu ( Sivasankaran et al., 2017), Rajasthan ( Zhang, 1994). Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011), Oriental tropics ( Zhang, 1994), E. Palaearctic and Oriental regions from India and Sri Lanka also Sulawesi, Lombok, Flores and Timor ( Zilli et al., 2017).

Host Plant: Achyranthes aspera, Punica granatum (Pomegranate) , Cyclea peltata , Tiliacora acuminata , Psidium guajava (Guava) , Citrus ( Zhang, 1994; Robinson et al., 2001).

Remarks: A single female specimen was collected from Jharkhand and represents first record from the state.

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