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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Renia » Chocolate Renia Moth - Hodges#8380 (Renia nemoralis)

Species Renia nemoralis - Chocolate Renia Moth - Hodges#8380

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References
Unknown Moth - Renia nemoralis - female Moth - Renia nemoralis Chocolate Renia Moth? - Renia nemoralis Renia nemoralis (Chocolate Renia) - Renia nemoralis Renia nemoralis - female Renia nemoralis - male Renia nemoralis - male Renia nemoralis
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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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Renia
Species nemoralis (Chocolate Renia Moth - Hodges#8380)
Hodges Number
8380
Identification
Refer to the guide on the info page for the genus.
Range
LA-IA-MA-FL
See Also
Most easily confused with R. factiosalis. Generally, in nemoralis, the AM line is straighter and the forewings and hindwings are less banded and the lines of the hindwing more diffuse. Some intermediate specimens might be externally unidentifiable.
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 7 October, 2008 - 4:10pm
Additional contributions by Ron M., Blocky
Last updated 26 January, 2020 - 6:23pm

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