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Species Erosia incendiata - Hodges#7655

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Erosia incendiata - Hodges #7655 - Erosia incendiata - female
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Uraniidae (Swallowtail Moths)
Subfamily Epipleminae (Scoopwing Moths)
Genus Erosia
Species incendiata (Erosia incendiata - Hodges#7655)

Hodges Number

7655

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Erosia incendiata Guenée, [1858]

Numbers

the only species in the genus for North America north of Mexico

Range

southern Texas to southern Mexico, Yucatan; Costa Rica, French Guiana and Brazil
First recorded from near Kingsville, Texas
Originally described from Brazil

Remarks

This neotropical moth is a sexually dimorphic species.

See Also

Calledapteryx dryopterata


Callizzia amorata


Callizzia certiorara - pinned photo at Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Internet References

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 June, 2011 - 11:27pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:31am

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