Diaphone eumela

Diaphone eumela
Diaphone eumela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diaphone
Species: D. eumela
Binomial name
Diaphone eumela
(Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena eumela Stoll, [1782]
  • Phalaena Noctua eumela Stoll, [1782]
  • Bombyx elegans Fabricius, 1787
  • Phalaena Noctua sylviana Stoll, [1790]
  • Chelonia evidens Guérin-Méneville, [1832]
  • Diaphone sylviana var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862
  • Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901
  • Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903
  • Diaphone barnsi Prout, 1921
  • Ovios sylvina Walker, 1855

The Cherry Spot[2] or Lily Borer (Diaphone eumela) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa[3] and Angola.[4]

Boophone disticha flowerhead with caterpillars of Diaphone eumela

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha.

References

  1. ^ Diaphone at funet
  2. ^ African Moths
  3. ^ Afro Moths
  4. ^ Afro Moths
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