Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Abablemma brimleyana (Dyar, 1914)
Phobolosia brimleyana Dyar, 1914
Phylogenetic sequence # 930651
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed four species of the genus
Abablemma in America north of Mexico.
(1)Size
Wingspan averages 14-15 mm.
(2)
Dyar (1914) reported a wingspan of 14 mm.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include North Carolina to Florida
(3), Arkansas to Texas.
(4)
Moth Photographers Group and BOLD
(5) expand the range northward to Tennessee and New Jersey.
(2),
(5)
Holotype ♂ collected by C.S. Brimley, 8 September 1907, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, NMNH.
(6)Season
The main flight period appears to be April to October.
(2)
Heppner (2003) reported January to July, September to December in Florida.
(4)Food
The larvae are thought to feed on lichens.
(7),
(8)
Has been reared on
Protococcus viridis (green algae).
(8)See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1914. A note on
Phobolosia and
Melanomma.
Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 2:
10.
Pougue, M.G., 2012. Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
ZooTaxa, 3153: 22; figs. 38-39.
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