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Trigonodes cephise

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 23, 2024
Entity authorityQ7841817 ↗
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Trigonodes cephise is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to northern Australia, the Caroline Islands, Samoa and New Caledonia, Nias and other islands on the south-west of Sumatra.

The larvae feed on Vigna species, including Vigna marina.

Subspecies

Trigonodes cephise cephise

Trigonodes cephise saina (Nias and other islands on the south-west of Sumatra)

References

Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Trigonodes cephise Cramer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 March 2010). "Trigonodes cephise (Cramer, 1780)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths.

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