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Species Hoterodes ausonia - Hodges#5209

BOLD Sample ID: BLPDO1031-10 - Hoterodes ausonia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Hoterodes
Species ausonia (Hoterodes ausonia - Hodges#5209)
Hodges Number
5209
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hoterodes ausonia (Cramer, 1777)
Phalaena ausonia Cramer, 1777
Numbers
Hoterodes ausonia is the only member of the genus listed for America, north of Mexico. (1)
Range
Florida to Ecuador.
Remarks
Type locality: Surinam
Print References
Cramer, P. 1777 ["1779"]: De uitlandsche kapellen, voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons exotiques, des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique], vol. 2. – S. J. Baalde & B. Wild, Amsterdam & Utrecht. 66, pl. 140 fig. C.
Guenée, M. A. 1854: Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Pp. 311, pl. 4 fig. 9. – In: Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de & M. A. Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères 8 8. – Roret, Paris.