Trigonodes cephise

Trigonodes cephise
Trigonodes cephise
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Trigonodes
Species: T. cephise
Binomial name
Trigonodes cephise
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Noctua cephise (Cramer, [1779])
  • Trigonodes maxima Guenée, 1852
  • Chalciope cephise ab. cephisoides Strand, 1917
  • Chalciope saina Swinhoe, 1918
  • Trigonodes saina (Swinhoe, 1918)
  • Chalciope cephise cephisiodes Gaede, 1938

Trigonodes cephise is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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)

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