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Species Derrima stellata - Pink Star Moth - Hodges#11055

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Heliothinae
Genus Derrima
Species stellata (Pink Star Moth - Hodges#11055)
Hodges Number
11055
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Derrima stellata Walker, [1858]
Derrima cinocentralis Strand, 1912
Philomma henrietta Grote, 1864
Food
unrecorded (1)
Remarks
Species complex; true stellata is restricted to the East Coast(2)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
2.Block Island Moths