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Species Anomis luridula - Hodges#8549

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WBC noctuid (?) moth - Anomis luridula Anomis (near) impasta - Anomis luridula Anomis luridula Anomis luridula for real? - Anomis luridula
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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 Scoliopteryginae
Tribe Anomini
Genus Anomis
Species luridula (Anomis luridula - Hodges#8549)

Hodges Number

8549

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anomis luridula (Guenée, 1852)
A. derogata (Walker 1857)
A. umbrata (Schaus 1911)
A. professorum (Schaus 1923)

Range

Apparently widespread in the tropics, including Costa Rica and the Galapagos, north at least to Texas.

Remarks

"Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms: Pests, Weeds, and Diseases" suggests that A. texana and A. luridula are synonyms (and gives the common name "small cotton leafworm"). But MPG lists the two species separately. Very little background information is available on-line under either name.

Internet References

Global Biodiversity Information Portal
Moth Photographers Group
BPLD Dydtems
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 March, 2011 - 3:15pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 30 September, 2012 - 6:43am

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