Eressa confinis

Eressa confinis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Taiwan and China.

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Antennae bipectinate in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.

Subspecies

Eressa confinis confinis
Eressa confinis finitima
Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954