Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

National Moth Week was July 23-31, 2022! See moth submissions.

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Phytometrini » Hemeroplanis » Variable Tropic Moth - Hodges#8467 (Hemeroplanis scopulepes)

Species Hemeroplanis scopulepes - Variable Tropic Moth - Hodges#8467

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Hemeroplanis scopulepes Moth that looks like a fall leaf - Hemeroplanis scopulepes Hemeroplanis scopulepes, Hodges # 8467? - Hemeroplanis scopulepes MothVariableTropic_11242015_RP_ - Hemeroplanis scopulepes Variable Tropic Moth - Hemeroplanis scopulepes Genus Anticarsia ? - Hemeroplanis scopulepes Edit: (NOT) Geometer moth - Hemeroplanis scopulepes Hemeroplanis scopulepes
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Hemeroplanis
Species scopulepes (Variable Tropic Moth - Hodges#8467)
Hodges Number
8467
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemeroplanis scopulepes (Haworth, 1809)
Phytometra scopulepes Haworth, 1809
Long list of synonyms due to the range extending to Central America.
Phylogenetic sequence # 930700 (1)
Numbers
There are 11 named Hemeroplanis species in America north of Mexico.(1), (2)
Identification
Adults are highly variable as suggested by one common name.
See Also
Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Anticarsia gemmatalis


Variable Metallata Moth - Metallata absumens
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 28 June, 2005 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 November, 2017 - 3:10pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2023 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact