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Species Hemeroplanis habitalis - Black-dotted Hemeroplanis - Hodges#8471

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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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Hemeroplanis
Species habitalis (Black-dotted Hemeroplanis - Hodges#8471)

Hodges Number

8471

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hemeroplanis habitalis (Walker, 1859)
Hypena habitalis Walker, 1859

Size

Wingspan about 20 mm.(1)

Range

Southeastern United States.(1)

Print References

Smith, 1907. Revision of the species of Pleonectyptera Grote . Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 33: 370 (2)
Walker, F. 1958. Deltoides. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 16: 39.(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(1)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (4)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Revision of the Species of Pleonectyptera Grt. [Grote]
John B Smith. 1907. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 33: 363-379.
3.List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
Walker, F. 1858. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. Vol. 16-18.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 April, 2006 - 8:06am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 15 July, 2018 - 4:23pm

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