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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Phytometrini » Cecharismena » Cecharismena nectarea - Hodges#8532 (Cecharismena nectarea)

Species Cecharismena nectarea - Hodges#8532

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Cecharismena
Species nectarea (Cecharismena nectarea - Hodges#8532)
Hodges Number
8532
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecharismena nectarea Möschler, 1890
Phylogenetic sequence # 930748
Numbers
There are four named Cecharismena species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 20 mm.
Identification
Sexually dimorphic.
Range
Florida. (2), (3), (4)
West Indies to Central America. (4)
Food
The larval host plant is Caperonia palustris (L.) A. St.-Hil. (sacatrapo). (4)
See Also
Print References
Möschler, 1890. Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges. 16: 181.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
lepbarcoding.org
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 October, 2011 - 12:04pm
Last updated 30 May, 2013 - 10:08am

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