Trigonodes cephise (Cramer) is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trigonodes cephise (Cramer)

Trigonodes cephise (Cramer)

Trigonodes cephise is a Noctuidae moth found across Indo-Australian tropics and nearby islands, whose larvae feed on Vigna plants.

Family
Genus
Trigonodes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Trigonodes cephise (Cramer)

Trigonodes cephise (Cramer) is a moth species that belongs to the family Noctuidae. It was first formally described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. This species is distributed across a range that extends from the Indo-Australian tropics to northern Australia, and also includes the Caroline Islands, Samoa, New Caledonia, Nias, and other islands located to the southwest of Sumatra. The larvae of Trigonodes cephise feed on plants from the genus Vigna, including the species Vigna marina.

Photo: (c) Amila P Sumanapala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amila P Sumanapala · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Trigonodes

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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