{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Redirect|Lily borer|the other moth with this common name|Brithys crini{{!}}''Brithys crini''}} {{Redirect|Cherry spot|a skin condition often called "cherry spot"|Cherry angioma}} {{Speciesbox | image = Diaphone eumela.jpg | image_caption = Adult | image2 = Diaphone eumela01.jpg | image2_caption = Larva | taxon = Diaphone eumela | authority = (Stoll, [1782])<ref>{{cite web |first=Markku |last=Savela |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/diaphone/ |title=''Diaphone'' Hübner, [1820] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=November 12, 2017}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Phalaena eumela'' <small>Stoll, [1782]</small> *''Phalaena Noctua eumela'' <small>Stoll, [1782]</small> *''Bombyx elegans'' <small>Fabricius, 1787</small> *''Phalaena Noctua sylviana'' <small>Stoll, [1790]</small> *''Chelonia evidens'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, [1832]</small> *''Diaphone sylviana'' var. ''mossambicensis'' <small>Hopffer, 1862</small> *''Diaphone angolensis'' <small>Weymer, 1901</small> *''Diaphone libertina'' <small>Bartel, 1903</small> *''Diaphone barnsi'' <small>Prout, 1921</small> *''Ovios sylvina'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> }}
'''''Diaphone eumela''''', the '''cherry spot'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/GLOTTULINAE/diaphone%20eumela.htm|title=''Diaphone eumela'', (Stoll, 1781) |website=African Moths |accessdate=November 12, 2017}}</ref> or '''lily borer''', is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa<ref>{{cite web |first1=J. |last1=De Prins |first2=W. |last2=De Prins |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/DIAPEUME |title=''Diaphone eumela'' (Cramer, 1781) |website=Afromoths |accessdate=November 12, 2017}}</ref> ,Kenya and Angola.
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''.
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Category:Moths described in 1782 Category:Glottulinae Category:Lepidoptera of Angola Category:Insects of Lesotho Category:Lepidoptera of Mozambique Category:Lepidoptera of Namibia Category:Lepidoptera of South Africa Category:Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
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