Euproctis semisignata

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Euproctis semisignata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/fdedfb65ba1aa0588d4fce82c8dbf0ed |title=Species Details: Euproctis semisignata Walker, 1865 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=7 March 2018}} It is found in India and 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}}{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/euproctis/#semisignata |title=Euproctis semisignata (Walker, 1865) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=8 October 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071650/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/lymantriidae/euproctis/#semisignata |url-status=dead }}

The caterpillar is a serious pest on coconut inflorescences.{{cite web |url=https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19766713690 |title=New record of Euproctis semisignata Walker (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) as a serious pest of coconut inflorescence |publisher=CABI |accessdate=7 March 2018}}

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Category:Moths of Asia

Category:Moths described in 1865

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