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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Eusceptis » Eusceptis flavifrimbriata - Hodges#9166 (Eusceptis flavifrimbriata)

Species Eusceptis flavifrimbriata - Hodges#9166

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eusceptis flavifimbriata needs a guide page - Eusceptis flavifrimbriata

Eusceptis flavifimbriata - Eusceptis flavifrimbriata

Eusceptis flavifrimbriata Todd - Eusceptis flavifrimbriata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)

Tribe Acontiini

Genus Eusceptis

Species flavifrimbriata (Eusceptis flavifrimbriata - Hodges#9166)

Hodges Number

9166

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eusceptis flavifrimbriata Todd, 1971

Syn: Eusceptis effusa Druce, 1889 - Misidentified/misapplied

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex.

Range

Southmost TX / so. to C. Amer.

Type Locality: Tamazunhale, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Map)

Habitat

Quite common in the Sabal Palm Grove, mostly Sep-Oct. Never seen it anywhere else. (C. Bordelon, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012) (1)

Season

Several records from Oct. in southmost TX.

Food

Foodplants: Turk's cap - Malvaviscus arboreus (Malvaceae); reared by D. Janzen and W. Hallwachs in Costa Rica.

Remarks

1 male paratype, Brownsville, Texas, May 26, 1956, P. A. Glick

See Also

Unlikely to be confused with any other North American noctuid species.

Print References

Todd, E.L. 1971. Two new species of Eusceptis and notes on other species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 84: 283-292. Full Text per BHL

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Noctuidae of N. Amer. - Robert. W. Poole, Nearctica

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 23 October, 2011 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 October, 2013 - 10:30am

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