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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae

Family Erebidae

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae

A generic revision of the American moths of the subfamily Hypeninae, with descriptions of new genera and species

By William Schaus
Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 50: 259-399, 1916

Many original descriptions.

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 July, 2013 - 9:21am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae

A revision of some species of Noctuidae heretofore referred to the genus Homoptera (Boisduval)

By John B. Smith
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35: 209-275, 1908

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 March, 2013 - 7:53pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae

The last instar caterpillars of Oxycilla tripla Grote, and Colobochyla interpuncta Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae.

By George L. Godfrey
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 74(1): 78-85, 1972

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 March, 2013 - 1:08pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA.

By Michael G. Pogue
Zootaxa 3153: 1–31 , 2012

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Species Accounts for 25 Erebidae species (BG links for convenience updating guide pages)

Subfamily Aventiinae (Tutt, 1896)
Oruza albocostaliata (Packard) - The White-Edge

Subfamily Boletobiinae (Grote, 1895)
Metalectra discalis (Grote, 1876) - Common Fungus Moth
Metalectra quadrisignata (Walker, 1858) - Four-spotted Fungus Moth
Metalectra richardsi (Brower, 1941) - Richards’ Fungus Moth

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 March, 2013 - 9:52am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Cisthene » Thin-banded Lichen Moth - Hodges#8066 (Cisthene tenuifascia) » Cisthene tenuifascia schwarziorum

A new Lithosian

By Dyar, Harrison G.
Psyche 8(277):359-360, 1899

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 17 October, 2017 - 12:28pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Euchromiina » Horama » Texas Wasp Moth - Hodges#8287 (Horama panthalon) » Horama panthalon texana

Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths

By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon
Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates., 2004

Knudson, E. & C. Bordelon. 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX. Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

Sphingoidea, Bombycoidea, Noctuoidea - 20 color plates.

"We include species known to occur in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Kenedy Counties."

This is an absolutely invaluable reference for anyone studying the moth fauna of South Texas. The 20 plates contain extremely sharp, large color photos of impeccably mounted specimens. The Noctuoidea comprises 13 of the 20 plates.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 August, 2008 - 5:44pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Lycomorphodes » Lycomorphodes sordida - Hodges#8093.2 (Lycomorphodes sordida)

A new lichen moth record for the United States: Lycomorphodes sordida (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from South Texas.

By James K. Adams
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 46(2): 160-161, 1992

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 July, 2013 - 12:38am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Euchromiina » Apeplopoda » Apeplopoda mecrida - Hodges#8274.1 (Apeplopoda mecrida)

Geographical distribution of Apeplopoda mecrida (Druce, 1889) (Eribidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) with ...

By Fernando Hernández-Baz, Jorge M. González, Patricia Tamez-Guerra
Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 66(4): 225–229, 2012

Geographical distribution of Apeplopoda mecrida Druce, 1889 (Eribidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) with notes about its natural history.

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 July, 2013 - 5:24pm

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