Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) - Common Fruit Piercing Moth

Taxonomic Information

Eudocima Billberg, 1820 species known from Indian subcontinent.

Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) (Ophideres). TL: Andamans, India. 
Eudocima cajeta (Cramer, [1775] (Phalaena). TL: India.
Eudocima discrepans (Walker, [1858](Ophideres). TL: Singapore. 
Eudocima homaena (Hübner, [1823] 1816) (Othreis). TL: India.
Eudocima hypermnestra (Stoll, [1780])(Phalaena). TL: India.
Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) (Phalaena). TL: “Indiis”.
Eudocima okurai (Okano, 1964) (Adris). TL: "East Palearctic". Dist. includes Myanmar.
Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)(Phalaena). TL: Africa. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, [1777]) (Phalaena). TL: China. Dist. throughout India.
Eudocima sikhimensis (Butler, 1895). (Adris). TL: Oriental region. Dist. includes India.
Eudocima splendida (Yoshimoto, 1999). (Othreis). TL: Myanmar. 

Eudocima tyrannus (Guenée, In Boisduval and Guenée 1852b). TL: India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands2
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi11
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh11
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka122
Kerala11
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra211211
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga11
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan2
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura2
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand12
West Bengal5
Total123514729

Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) - Common Fruit Piercing Moth: Anamirta spp., Cocculus laurifolius, Cyclea peltataTiliacora acuminata, Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae), Citrus spp. (Rutaceae), Cissus quadrangularis (Vitaceae), Mitragyna diversifolia (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al 2010). 

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  2. Wikipedia contributors. Eudocima phalonia [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Feb 25, 00:03 UTC [cited 2015 Sep 3]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eudocima_phalonia&oldid=648710084.
  3. Zilli, A. & W. Hogenes. 2002. An annotated list of the fruit-piercing moth genus Eudocima BlLLBERG, 1820 (sensu POOLE) with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Quadrifina. Band 5:153-207. Pdf

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763) – Common Fruit Piercing Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/eudocima-phalonia, accessed 2024/03/28.