Eudocima is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820,Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the past. Adult moths in the genus are known for puncturing and feeding on the juices of fruits, because of which they are considered as pests by horticulturists.
Description Palpi with second joint thickened and reaching vertex of head, and blunt naked third joint. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Metathorax have slight tufts. Abdomen clothed with coarse hair on dorsum. Tibia spineless and clothed with long hair. Forewings with arched costa and acute apex. Inner margin lobed and with tufts of hair near base and at outer angle. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where first pair rudimentary.
Species The following species are recognized by Alberto Zilli and Willem Hogenes (2002).Zilli, A. & Hogenes, W. (2002). "An annotated list of the fruit piercing moth genus Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (sensu Poole) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae)". Quadrifina. 5: 153-207. Eudocima anguina Schaus, 1911 Eudocima apta Walker, 1857 Eudocima aurantia Moore, 1877 Eudocima bathyglypta Prout, 1928 Eudocima behouneki Zilli & Hogenes, 2002 Eudocima boseae Saalmüller, 1880 Eudocima caesar Felder, 1861 Eudocima cajeta Cramer, 1775 Eudocima cocalus Cramer, 1777 Eudocima collusoria Cramer, 1777 Eudocima colubra Schaus, 1911 Eudocima discrepans Walker, 1857 Eudocima dividens Walker, 1857 Eudocima divitiosa Walker, 1869 Eudocima euryzona Hampson, 1926 Eudocima felicia Stoll, 1790 Eudocima formosa Griveaud & Viette, 1960 Eudocima homaena Hübner, 1816 Eudocima hypermnestra Cramer, 1780 Eudocima imperator Boisduval, 1833 Eudocima iridescens Lucas, 1894 Eudocima jordani Holland, 1900 Eudocima kinabaluensis Feige, 1976 Eudocima kuehni Pagenstecher, 1886 Eudocima materna Linnaeus, 1767 Eudocima mazzeii Zilli & Hogenes, 2002 Eudocima memorans Walker, 1857 Eudocima mionopastea Hampson, 1926 Eudocima muscigera Butler, 1882 Eudocima nigricilia Prout, 1924 Eudocima okurai Okano, 1964 Eudocima paulii Robinson, 1968 Eudocima phalonia Linnaeus, 1763 Eudocima pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906 Eudocima prattorum Prout, 1922 Eudocima procus Cramer, 1777 Eudocima prolai Zilli & Hogenes, 2002 Eudocima salaminia Cramer, 1777 Eudocima serpentifera Walker, 1857 Eudocima sikhimensis Butler, 1895 Eudocima smaragdipicta Walker, 1857 Eudocima splendida Yoshimoto, 1999 Eudocima strivijayana Bänziger, 1985 Eudocima talboti Prout, 1922 Eudocima toddi Zayas, 1965 Eudocima treadawayi Zilli & Hogenes, 2002 Eudocima tyrannus Guenée, 1852
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Eudocima serpentifera in the US