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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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