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{{Short description|Species of moth}}
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| taxon = Eupalamides cyparissias
| authority = ([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1777)<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/castniidae/castniinae/eupalamides/index.html Eupalamides at funet]</ref>
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*''Papilio cyparissias'' <small>Fabricius, 1777</small>
*''Papilio dedalus'' <small>Cramer, [1775]</small> (preocc. ''Papilio daedalus'' <small>Fabricius, 1775</small>)
*''Castnia amazonensis'' <small>Houlbert, 1917</small>
*''Castnia conspicua'' <small>Rothschild, 1919</small>
*''Castnia dedalus ''ab.'' magnipuncta'' <small>Rothschild, 1919</small>
*''Castnia daedalus'' <small>Auctt.</small>
*''Cyparissias paraensis'' <small>Lathy, 1922</small>
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'''''Eupalamides cyparissias''''' is a [[moth]] in the [[Castniidae]] family. It is widespread in the [[Amazon basin]] including [[Peru]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], the [[The Guianas|Guianas]], [[Suriname]] and north to [[Panama]].
The [[wingspan]] is 140–180&nbsp;mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''[[Elaeis guineensis]]'', ''[[Cocos nucifera]]'', ''[[Mauritia carana]]'', ''[[Mauritiella peruviana]]'', ''[[Astrocaryum murumuru]]'' and ''[[Astrocaryum javarense]]'' and are considered a major pest to economically important palm species. The larvae are 110–130&nbsp;mm long.<ref>[http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2003/vol47n2p104-106.pdf Relationship Between Mauritia flexuosa and Eupalamides cyparissias in the Peruvian Amazon]</ref>
==Subspecies==
*''Eupalamides cyparissias cyparissias'' (Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Panama)
*''Eupalamides cyparissias amazonensis'' <small>(Houlbert, 1917)</small> (Amazonas, Peru)
*''Eupalamides cyparissias conspicua'' <small>(Rothschild, 1919)</small> (Bolivia)
*''Eupalamides cyparissias paraensis'' <small>(Lathy, 1922)</small> (Brazil: Para)
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