Eudocima jordani

Jordan's fruit piercing moth
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eudocima
Species:
E. jordani
Binomial name
Eudocima jordani
(Holland, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Ophideres jordani Holland, 1900

Eudocima jordani, the Jordan's fruit piercing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. Adults are considered a commercial pest. They damage fruit by piercing the skin to suck juice.

The wingspan is about 70 mm.

The larvae feed on Tinospora smilacina.

 

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