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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Metria » Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges#8666 (Metria amella)

Species Metria amella - Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges#8666

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Metria amella Caterpillar ID please - Metria amella Probably noctuid - Metria amella Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges #8666 - Metria amella an Idia? - Metria amella moth - Metria amella Texas SE Gulf Coast - Metria amella Metria amella
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Metria
Species amella (Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges#8666)
Hodges Number
8666
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Metria amella (Guenée, 1852)
Orig. Comb: Campometra amella Guenée, 1852
Homoptera integerrima Walker, 1858
Homoptera stylobata Harvey, 1876
Campometra distilla Dyar, 1913
Safia amella Hampson, 1852
Explanation of Names
amel is "Old French" for enamel (1)
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. per Nearctica
Range
se US - Map, common in east and central Texas, occasional in southmost Texas (2)
Remarks
Often comes to baits (2)
See Also
Metria bilineata is exceedingly variable and common in southmost Texas (2)
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1913. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.. 44: 300
Guenée, A. 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes lépidoptères. 7, Noctuelites 3. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères.: 25
Hampson, G.F. 1852. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 8: 188; pl. 227, fg. 14.
Harvey, 1876. New Noctuidae. The Canadian Entomologist. 8: 155
Wagner (3) pg 166
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 8 July, 2007 - 12:27pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 May, 2021 - 11:20pm

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