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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Thyridinae » Hexeris » Seagrape Borer - Hodges#6082 (Hexeris enhydris)

Species Hexeris enhydris - Seagrape Borer - Hodges#6082

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Thyridoidea (Window-winged Moths)
Family Thyrididae (Window-winged Moths)
Subfamily Thyridinae
Genus Hexeris
Species enhydris (Seagrape Borer - Hodges#6082)
Hodges Number
6082
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hexeris enhydris Grote, 1875 (description)
* phylogenetic sequence #181600
Size
forewing length 17 mm (Grote, 1875)
Food
larval hosts are seagrape Coccoloba uvifera L., and a closely related species, pigeon-plum, C. diversifolia
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Florida Featured Creatures - life cycle
Contributed by Dennis Profant on 12 August, 2005 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 June, 2012 - 11:06pm

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