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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

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Eupseudomorpha brillians (Neumoegen) - Eupseudomorpha brillians Moth - ? - Eupseudomorpha brillians Moth - ? - Eupseudomorpha brillians Eupseudomorpha brillians 9311 - Eupseudomorpha brillians Unknown Caterpillar 4344 - Eupseudomorpha brillians Unknown Caterpiller 4866 - Eupseudomorpha brillians Eupseudomorpha brillians 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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