Diaphone eumela

Diaphone eumela, the cherry spot^[2] or lily borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa^[3] ,Kenya and Angola.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Diaphone eumela
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Diaphone
Species:	D. eumela
Binomial name
Diaphone eumela (Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena eumela Stoll, [1782] Phalaena Noctua eumela Stoll, [1782] Bombyx elegans Fabricius, 1787 Phalaena Noctua sylviana Stoll, [1790] Chelonia evidens Guérin-Méneville, [1832] Diaphone sylviana var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862 Diaphone angolensis Weymer, 1901 Diaphone libertina Bartel, 1903 Diaphone barnsi Prout, 1921 Ovios sylvina Walker, 1855

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Like its relative, Brithys crini, this noctuid is found almost exclusively on plants of the families Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae, and has been recorded feeding on Ornithogalum eckloni and Boophone disticha.