Antichloris eriphia

Antichloris eriphia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. It is found in Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana and the Brazilian states of Pará and Rio de Janeiro.[1] The moth hsa been recorded infrequently since 1985 in Great Britain, imported with bananas.[2]

Antichloris eriphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Antichloris
Species:
A. eriphia
Binomial name
Antichloris eriphia
(Fabricius, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena eriphia Fabricius, 1777
  • Sphinx alecton Stoll, [1782]
  • Antichloris phemonoe Hübner, 1818
  • Sesia melanochloros Sepp, [1845]
  • Copaena scapularis Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
  • Chrysostola helus Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Antichloris eriphia (Fabricius, 1777)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. "Banana Stowaway". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


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