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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Renia » Short-snout Renia - Hodges#8378 (Renia salusalis)

Species Renia salusalis - Short-snout Renia - Hodges#8378

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Renia adspergillus - Renia salusalis - male

Moth ID: Can this Renia be identified to species? - Renia salusalis - female

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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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Renia

Species salusalis (Short-snout Renia - Hodges#8378)

Hodges Number

8378

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Renia salusalis (Walker, 1859)

Herminia salusalis Walker, 1859

Renia brevirostralis (Grote, 1872)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930529

Size

Wingspan: 25mm (Forbes, 1954), 21-25.5mm (10-12 lines) (Walker, 1858), 30-32mm (Renia brevirostralis Grote, 1872)

Identification

Refer to the guide on the info page for the genus.

In males, "Palpi short, third segment short and blunt, a plume on inner dorsal side of second segment" (1)

Range

Renia brevirostralis type locality: PA, AL

Remarks

Renia salusalis (Walker, 1859) currently is known to range throughout the southeast, but DNA barcoding suggests that specimens from Florida and Alabama may constitute a a separate species. The type locality is unknown so which population would represent the undescribed species is likewise unknown.

See Also

Most similar in the female to R. discoloralis and R. fraternalis. Some intermediate specimens might be externally unidentifiable.

Print References

Forbes, 1954: 405 (1)

Grote, A.R., 1872. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 4: 24.

Walker, F., 1858. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 16: 107

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae] William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 March, 2012 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Nick Block, Blocky
Last updated 29 April, 2022 - 3:34am

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