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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Eupseudomorpha » Eupseudomorpha brillians - Hodges#9311 (Eupseudomorpha brillians)

Species Eupseudomorpha brillians - Hodges#9311

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eupseudomorpha brillians 9311 - Eupseudomorpha brillians

Unknown Caterpillar 4344 - Eupseudomorpha brillians

Unknown Caterpiller 4866 - Eupseudomorpha brillians

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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 Agaristinae

Genus Eupseudomorpha

Species brillians (Eupseudomorpha brillians - Hodges#9311)

Hodges Number

9311

Other Common Names

Brilliant Forester Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupseudomorpha brillians (Neumoegen)

Orig. Comb: Edwardsia brillians Neumoegen, 1880

* phylogenetic sequence # 931976

Numbers

Monotypic genus.

Range

se. CO; ne. NM; and OK panhandle; nw. TX - Map (MPG)

Habitat

Short-grass prairie.

Season

mid March through mid May.

Food

Larvae and foodplants are unknown

Adults attracted to plums blossoms - Prunus spp. (Rosaceae).

Remarks

This species is listed among Texas' "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (1)

"Eupseudomorpha brillians is one of the great rarities of North American collections." - Robert Poole

Holland (1903) wrote that "this beautiful insect ... is still very rare in collections."

See Also

No similar species.

Print References

Holland, W.J. 1903. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America. Doubleday, Page, & Co., N.Y. xxiv + 479 pp.

Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) (2)

Lafontaine, J.D. and B.C. Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 64 (a) (PDF)

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2009

Detailed Discussion - Robert Poole, Nearctica

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Works Cited

1.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

2.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 October, 2009 - 11:12pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Maury Heiman, David Ferguson, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 October, 2015 - 2:45pm

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