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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Tiger Moths (Arctiidae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiinae) » Euchromiini » Empyreuma » Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272 (Empyreuma affinis)

Species Empyreuma affinis - Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)
Tribe Euchromiini
Genus Empyreuma
Species affinis (Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272)
Hodges Number
8272
Range
South Florida
Food
Oleandar
Remarks
Apparently an introduced species from the Carribean
See Also
Compare with Syntomeida epilias (1)
Internet References
University of Florida's Featured Creatures has a comprehensive article about E. affinis with comparisons to other Oleander-feeding caterpillars.
Works Cited
1.Oleander Moth
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 23 January, 2005 - 10:22pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, anitagould
Last updated 4 September, 2006 - 2:19pm

Hodges #8272
-Anita Gould
… Anita Gould, 30 January, 2006 - 10:35pm

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