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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Eriopinae » Callopistria » Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Hodges#9631 (Callopistria mollissima)

Species Callopistria mollissima - Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Hodges#9631

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Callopistria mollissima Pink-Shaded Fern Moth - Callopistria mollissima Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Hodges #9631 - Callopistria mollissima Callopistria mollissima Callopistria mollissima Callopistria mollissia - Callopistria mollissima green and white caterpillar - Callopistria mollissima Callopistria mollissima - Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Callopistria mollissima
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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 Eriopinae
Genus Callopistria
Species mollissima (Pink-shaded Fern Moth - Hodges#9631)
Hodges Number
9631
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Callopistria mollissima (Guenée, 1852)
Eriopus mollissima Guenée, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 932192 (1)
Range
Michigan to Nova Scotia, south to central Florida & Texas(2)
Habitat
Swamps, wetlands, mesic Woodlands, forests(2)
Food
Ferns(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Canadian Biodiversity
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)\
Maryland Moths
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 27 May, 2004 - 1:41am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 5:20pm

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