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Species Diastema leo - Hodges#9067.1

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Condicinae

Tribe Leuconyctini

Genus Diastema

Species leo (Diastema leo - Hodges#9067.1)

Hodges Number

9067.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diastema leo Troubridge, 2020 (1)

Remarks

Troubridge (2020) could not find any consistent external morphological differences between Diastema leo and D. tigris. However, the two are separable by range; in the US, leo is known from FL and GA and tigris only from TX.

Internet References

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Works Cited

1.	A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys Troubridge, J.T. 2020. Insecta Mundi (0789): 1-56.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 25 September, 2020 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 9 October, 2020 - 10:20pm

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