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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae) » Scoopwing Moths (Epipleminae) » Erosia » Erosia incendiata - Hodges#7655 (Erosia incendiata)

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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