Eudocima salaminia

Green fruit-piercing moth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eudocima
Species:
E. salaminia
Binomial name
Eudocima salaminia
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena salaminia Cramer, 1777
  • Ophideres atkinsoni Scott, 1890

Eudocima salaminia, the green fruit-piercing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from India, and across south-east Asia to the Pacific Islands. In Australia it occurs in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. The adult is a fruit piercer.