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Eublemma cochylioides is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.
It is found throughout the Old World countries (including France). Besides France, it can also be found in such European countries as Greece and Portugal, and on islands such as Crete and Cyprus. It is also common in Asian ones such as Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Taiwan, where it might migrate. When comes African migration the species resort to South Africa, from which it might migrate to such Australian islands as Fiji and Tonga, and including Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). Adults have pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines containing a triangular pink area.
The larvae have been recorded on Elephantopus species and Prenanthes spinosa.
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Photos Geri ,29/11/2005 by George Konstantinou
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