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Species Phuphena tura - Hodges#9634

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Phosphilini

Genus Phuphena

Species tura (Phuphena tura - Hodges#9634)

Hodges Number

9634

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phuphena tura (Druce, 1889)

Dianthoecia tura Druce, 1889

Synonyms

Phuphena obliqua [Hodges #9635].

Fagitana obliqua Smith, 1900

Phylogenetic sequence # 932212

Numbers

Phuphena tura is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 24-32 mm.

Identification

The original description as Dianthoecia tura Druce, is available online in the print references below.

Range

Florida, West Indies, Central America to South America. (2), (3)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported adults in Florida from January to October, December. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larval host in the United States is unknown. (3)

Print References

Druce, H. 1889. Insecta: Lepidoptera: Heterocera 1. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 291, pl. 27, fig. 19.

Dyar, H.G. 1914. Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 177. (4)

Hampson, G.F. 1908. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 7: 598.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone Harrison Gray Dyar. 1914. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 139-350.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 September, 2011 - 4:59pm
Last updated 28 May, 2013 - 9:01pm

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