Species Agriopodes fallax - Green Marvel - Hodges#9281

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Print References · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Acronictinae

Genus Agriopodes

Species fallax (Green Marvel - Hodges#9281)

Hodges Number

9281

Explanation of Names

fallac is Latin for deceptive (1)

Numbers

4 spp in genus per Nearctica

Range

Eastern North America

Season

Feb to Nov in Florida per Kimball (1965) (2)

Food

Principal host plant is Viburnum per Handfield (1999) and Kimball (1965) (2)

Print References

Handfield, L. 1999. Le guide des papillons du Québec. Broquet Inc., Boucherville, Quebec.

Internet References

9281 – Agriopodes fallax - Moth Photo Group

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. By Charles P. Kimball.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 October, 2004 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 5:45pm

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