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

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.

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