Common Fruit-piercing Moth

Eudocima phalonia, the common fruit-piercing moth, is a fruit piercing moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in large parts of the tropics, mainly in Asia, Africa and Australia but introduced into other areas such as Hawaii, New Zealand and the Society Islands.

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Eudocima es un género de lepidópteros de la familia Erebidae. Los adultos de algunas especies perforan la piel de las frutas y se alimentan de sus jugos. Por eso son consideradas plagas.