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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sun Moths (Heliodinidae) » Neoheliodines » Neoheliodines vernius - Hodges#2502.7 (Neoheliodines vernius)

Species Neoheliodines vernius - Hodges#2502.7

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)
Genus Neoheliodines
Species vernius (Neoheliodines vernius - Hodges#2502.7)
Hodges Number
2502.7
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neoheliodines vernius Hsu, 2005 (1)
* phylogenetic sequence #078425
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet vernius is from an adjective of Latin origin, vernis, meaning "spring," so named because it flies in the spring months. (1)
Size
Forewing length 3-4.3 mm. (1), (2)
Identification
Adult - original description available in Print References. (1)
Range
Arizona, California and Baja California, Mexico. (1)
Season
Records from late February through May. (1)
Food
Larvae feed in the flowers and fruits of desert wishbone-bush (Mirabilis laevis var. laevis; syn. Mirabilis californica) and wishbone-bush (Mirabilis laevis var. villosa; syn. M. bigelovii). (1), (2)
Life Cycle
Pupation probably occurs in debris near the host. Adults are diurnal but will visit night blooming flowers in late evening. (1)
See Also
Neoheliodines hodgesi flies from June through August. (1)
Embola powelli is another summer species, with only two silver markings on the inner forewing, not three, and the innermost one usually forms a transverse stripe.
Print References
Hsu, Yu-Feng & J.A. Powell, 2004. Phylogenetic Relationships within Heliodinidae and Systematics of Moths Formerly Assigned to Heliodines Stainton (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology, 124: 64-67 (PDF)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Phylogenetic Relationships within Heliodinidae and Systematics of Moths Formerly Assigned to Heliodines Stainton
Yu-Feng Hsu & Jerry A. Powell. 2004. University of California Publications in Entomology 124.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 November, 2010 - 3:52pm
Additional contributions by James Bailey, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 June, 2017 - 7:18pm

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