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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Meropleon » Meropleon cosmion - Hodges#9425 (Meropleon cosmion)

Species Meropleon cosmion - Hodges#9425

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Meropleon
Species cosmion (Meropleon cosmion - Hodges#9425)
Hodges Number
9425
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meropleon cosmion Dyar, 1924
Meropleon cosmion was designated as the type species for the genus by Ferguson (1982).
Phylogenetic sequence # 932409)
Numbers
There are 6 named species of Meropleon in America north of Mexico. (1), (2), (3)
Identification
Distinguished from the other Meropleon by the strong contrasting white areas of thee forewing. (1)
Range
Southeastern United States with records north to New Jersey and west to Texas. (2), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Lectotype: USA: Louisiana, Elm Park. (Ferguson, 1982)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Records of adults from September to December; add January for Florida.
Food
Larvae feed on stems of: (8), (7)
Sugarcane plumegrass, Erianthus giganteus (Walter) Pers.
Canarygrass, Phalaris L. sp.
Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum L.
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Ferguson, D.C. 1982. A revision of the genus Meropleon Dyar, with descriptions of a new species and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Entomography 1: 223-225.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Contribution to the taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Meropleon (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Jan Metlevski. 2005. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107: 812-819.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.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 .
4.Kentucky Butterfly Net Database (moths also)
5.South Carolina Moth Species
6.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
7.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
8.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 October, 2009 - 6:26pm
Last updated 24 March, 2013 - 9:48pm

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