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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Teak Moths (Hyblaeoidea) » Teak Moths (Hyblaeidae) » Hyblaea » Teak Defoliator Moth - Hodges#6088 (Hyblaea puera)

Species Hyblaea puera - Teak Defoliator Moth - Hodges#6088

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Hyblaea puera Hyblaea puera Moth - Hyblaea puera ID Request Hodges - # 6088 – Hyblaea puera – Teak Defoliator Moth? - Hyblaea puera ID Request Hodges - # 6088 – Hyblaea puera – Teak Defoliator Moth? - Hyblaea puera Texas SE Gulf Coast - Hyblaea puera Unknown moth - Hyblaea puera Texas SE Gulf Coast - Hyblaea puera
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Hyblaeoidea (Teak Moths)
Family Hyblaeidae (Teak Moths)
Genus Hyblaea
Species puera (Teak Defoliator Moth - Hodges#6088)
Hodges Number
6088
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777)
Noctua puera Cramer, 1777
Numbers
1 sp. in our area
Range
AZ, TX, FL (Native to Southeast Asia)
Food
Larva on Crescentia cujete, Spatodea campanulata, Tabebuia heterophylla, Petitia domingensis
Remarks
Introduced from Asia.
Internet References
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MPG
Arizona - Bruce Walsh
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 9 February, 2008 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Blocky
Last updated 4 December, 2020 - 12:18am

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