Genus Abablemma

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Texas SE Gulf Coast - Abablemma brimleyana

Abablemma brimleyana - Abablemma brimleyana

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Scolecocampinae

Genus Abablemma

Numbers

There are four named species of Abablemma in America north of Mexico. (1)

Abablemma grandimacula

Abablemma brimleyana

Abablemma bilineata

Abablemma duomaculata

Food

Notes on larva. (2)

Internet References

Lafontaine J.D., & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (1)

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.	Larva of Abablemma (Noctuidae) with Notes on Algivory and Lichenivory in Macrolepidoptera David L. Wagner, Jadranka Rota, Tim L. McCabe. 2008. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(1):40-52.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 January, 2011 - 1:05am
Last updated 8 March, 2013 - 1:43pm

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