Eublemma pudica

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Pl.5-15-Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880) (syn.Mestleta acontioides).JPG

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| taxon = Eublemma pudica

| authority = (Snellen, 1880)

| synonyms =

  • Thalpochares pudica Snellen, 1880
  • Mestleta acontioides Moore, 1882
  • Mestleta interrupta Moore, [1885]
  • Eublemma stereoscia Turner, 1936

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Eublemma pudica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Snellen in 1880.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b65c691ca948e04023a9f65441077bbb |title=Species Details: Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=29 May 2018}} It is found in Sri Lanka,{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |via=Academia}} India, Fiji and Australia.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/eublemma/#pudica |title=Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=8 October 2018}}

Adult wingspan is 1.3 cm. Forewings pale brown with a shaded dark band across the middle. A black spot found at the wingtip. Hindwings pale brown with a shaded dark triangle on the margin.{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=29 September 2011 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/pudica.html |title=Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880) |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=8 October 2018}}

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