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Species Melanomma auricinctaria - Gold-lined Melanomma Moth - Hodges#8412

Gold-lined Melanomma Moth - Melanomma auricinctaria - female Gold-lined Melanomma - Melanomma auricinctaria - male Gold-lined Melanomma - Melanomma auricinctaria Melanomma auricinctaria Moth 051116b - Melanomma auricinctaria - male Moth H1 - Melanomma auricinctaria - female Melanomma auricinctaria - male Melanomma auricinctaria - male
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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 Hypeninae
Genus Melanomma
Species auricinctaria (Gold-lined Melanomma Moth - Hodges#8412)
Hodges Number
8412
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875
Food
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; larva; pupa; adult