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Species Argyrostrotis sylvarum - Woodland Chocolate Moth - Hodges#8760

Representative Images

moth #4 from Holly Shelter Gamelands for i.d. - Argyrostrotis sylvarum unknown moth - Argyrostrotis sylvarum moth - Argyrostrotis sylvarum Argyrostrotis sylvarum ? - Argyrostrotis sylvarum Moth - Argyrostrotis sylvarum Argyrostrotis sylvarum? - Argyrostrotis sylvarum Argyrostrotis sylvarum? - Argyrostrotis sylvarum Argyrostrotis sylvarum
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Erebinae
Tribe Poaphilini
Genus Argyrostrotis
Species sylvarum (Woodland Chocolate Moth - Hodges#8760)

Hodges Number

8760

Other Common Names

Brown Wavy Line Argyrostrotis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrostrotis sylvarum (Guenée, 1852)
* phylogenetic sequence #930952

Numbers

Ten Argyrostrotis species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

wingspan about 28 mm

Range

Texas to Florida and north to at least Virginia.

Print References

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico (2)
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographer's Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photo of live Argyrostrotis sylvarum adult and related species.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

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.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 April, 2006 - 8:16am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 June, 2012 - 1:24am

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