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Species Hyblaea puera - Teak Defoliator Moth - Hodges#6088

ID Request Hodges - # 6088 – Hyblaea puera – Teak Defoliator Moth? - 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

Wikipedia

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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