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Eressa confinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eressa
Species:	E. confinis
Binomial name
Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
Glaucopis confinis Walker, 1854 Eressa musa Swinhoe, 1885 Syntomoides catena Wileman, 1910 Syntomoides finitima Wileman, 1910 Eressa catoria Swinhoe, 1900 Eressa intensa Rothschild, 1910 Eressa malaccensis Rothschild, 1910 Eressa guttulata Stauder, 1915 Eressa confinis ab. trifenestrata Strand

Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, the Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan and China.

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.

Subspecies

• Eressa confinis confinis
• Eressa confinis finitima (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan)
• Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
2. Oriental Butterflies & Moths
3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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