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Genus Ommatochila

8489 Ommatochila Moth - Ommatochila mundula

Ommatochila mundula - Hodges #8489? - Ommatochila mundula

Ommatochila Moth - Hodges #8489 - Ommatochila mundula

#8489 - Ommatochila mundula? - Ommatochila mundula

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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 Boletobiinae

Tribe Phytometrini

Genus Ommatochila

Numbers

1 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 12-20 mm

Range

southern United States, south to Argentina

Internet records from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas

Season

adults fly in August and September

Internet References

live adult image by Mark de Silva (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult image by Matthew Barnes (Moths of the Grenadines)

pinned adult image by Matthew Barnes (Moths of Belize)

description and distribution (Yale U., Connecticut)

presence in Louisiana; list (Yale U., Connecticut)

presence in Kentucky; county map and dates (Jeffrey Marcus, Western Kentucky U.)

presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

presence in Georgia; list plus location and date [search on "Ommatochila"] (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 August, 2007 - 7:47pm

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