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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

Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges#8666 - Metria amella

Could you kindly identify this moth? - 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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