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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Eublemmini » Eublemma » Everlasting Bud Moth - Hodges#9076 (Eublemma minima)

Species Eublemma minima - Everlasting Bud Moth - Hodges#9076

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

9076 Everlasting Bud Moth - Eublemma minima

Erebidae, Everlasting Bud Moth, lateral - Eublemma minima

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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 Eublemmini

Genus Eublemma

Species minima (Everlasting Bud Moth - Hodges#9076)

Hodges Number

9076

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eublemma minima (Guenée, 1852)

Micra minima Guenée, 1852

* phylogenetic sequence #930693.

Size

Forewing length 7-8 mm.(1)

Identification

Range

Widespread throughout southern US from California to Florida.

Widespread in Central America, South America to Argentina.

Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Most records are from April through October.

Food

McFarland reports larva burrow into the flower heads of cudweed (Gnaphalium).(1)

Print References

Guenée, A. 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes spécies général des lépidoptères 6: 246

Lafontaine, J. D. & B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (2)

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.42.29m, p.254 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults

Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - on central Texas checklist

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	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 .

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Chris Grinter, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 April, 2013 - 10:27pm

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