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Eudocima phalonia
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Eudocima phalonia
Eudocima phalonia (also recorded as Common Fruit-piercing Moth) is an accepted species in the family Erebidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Hawaii. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.
- Common name
- Common Fruit-piercing Moth
- Family
- Erebidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Hawaii
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy