Common Fruit-piercing Moth

Eudocima phalonia

"Eudocima phalonia" is a fruit piercing moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in large parts of the tropics, mainly in Asia, Africa and Australia but introduced into other areas such as Hawaii, New Zealand and the Society Islands.
Eudocima phalonia Australia,Eudocima phalonia,Fall,Geotagged

Appearance

The wingspan is about 90 mm.
Eudocima phalonia - Fruit Piercing Moth Australia,Eudocima phalonia,Fall,Geotagged

Status

The adult is considered an agricultural pest, causing damage to many fruit crops by piercing it with its strong proboscis in order to suck the juice. Attempts have been made to control them using baits for the adults, egg parasites and larval parasitoids.
Large moth at night, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar About 10 cm (4") in size. Dullish outer wings with bright orange inside. Africa,Eudocima phalonia,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar North,Nosy Mangabe,Spring,World

Food

The larvae feed mainly on vines belonging to the Menispermaceae but have also adapted to species of "Erythrina" and are known to feed on "Erythrina crista-galli", "Erythrina fusca", "Erythrina variegata", "Carronia multisepala", "Hypserpa decumbens", "Legnephora moorei", "Pleogyne australis", "Sarcopetalum harveyanum", "Stephania aculeata", "Stephania forsteri", "Stephania japonica" and "Tinospora smilacina".

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusEudocima
SpeciesE. phalonia
Photographed in
Australia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Philippines