Diaphone eumela

Diaphone eumela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Diaphone
Species:	D. eumela
Binomial name
	Diaphone eumela; (Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
	Phalaena eumela Stoll, [1782]; Phalaena Noctua eumela Stoll, [1782]; Bombyx elegans Fabricius, 1787; Phalaena Noctua sylviana Stoll, [1790]; Chelonia evidens Guérin-Méneville, [1832]; Diaphone sylviana var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862; Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901; Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903; Diaphone barnsi Prout, 1921; Ovios sylvina Walker, 1855;

Diaphone eumela, the Cherry Spot^[2] or Lily Borer, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa^[3] and Angola.^[4]

Like its relative, Brithys crini, this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae families, and has been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha.

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Diaphone eumela

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Diaphone
Species:	D. eumela
Binomial name
*Diaphone eumela* (Stoll, [1782])^[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena eumela Stoll, [1782] Phalaena Noctua eumela Stoll, [1782] Bombyx elegans Fabricius, 1787 Phalaena Noctua sylviana Stoll, [1790] Chelonia evidens Guérin-Méneville, [1832] Diaphone sylviana var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862 Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901 Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903 Diaphone barnsi Prout, 1921 Ovios sylvina Walker, 1855