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Species Sigela eoides - Hodges#8435

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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 Scolecocampinae

Genus Sigela

Species eoides (Sigela eoides - Hodges#8435)

Hodges Number

8435

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sigela eoides (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)

Acidaliodes eoides (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 (1)

Phylogenetic Sequence # 930660

Numbers

Four Sigela species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Identification

Determined by Jim Troubridge.

Range

Southeastern United States. (3), (4), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults have been recorded mostly from January to August, October to December. (5) , (4)

See Also

Sigela basipunctaria

Sigela n. sp.

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Some apparently new Lepidoptera from Southern Florida. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 166. (1)

Barnes, W., & J.H. McDunnough 1914. On the synonymy of certain Florida Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist.46: 28.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Some apparently new Lepidoptera from southern Florida William Barnes, J. H. McDunnough. 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 2(4): 172-196.

2.	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 .

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.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 January, 2012 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 April, 2021 - 11:11am

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