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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Gondysia » Gondysia similis - Hodges#8725 (Gondysia similis)

Species Gondysia similis - Hodges#8725

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gondysia similis Hodges 8725 - Gondysia similis

8725 – Gondysia similis - Gondysia similis

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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 Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Gondysia

Species similis (Gondysia similis - Hodges#8725)

Hodges Number

8725

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gondysia similis (Guenée, 1852) (1)

Ophiusa similis Guenée, 1852

Neadysgonia similis (Guenée, 1852)

Dysgonia similis (Guenée, 1852)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930957

Numbers

There are four named species of Gondysia in America north of Mexico. (1), (2), (3)

Size

Wingspan about 37 mm.

Range

Southeastern United States. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from March through September.

Food

Larval host is Gordonia lasianthus (loblolly pine). (4)

Print References

Guenée, 1852. Noctuidae 3: 267.

Hampson, G.F. 1913. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 12: 600.

Walker, F. 1857. List of the specimens of Lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 14: 1420.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Gondysia preceeded Neadysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae), a new generic synonymy from .... J. Bolling Sullivan, Albert Legrain . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 237–238.

2.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.

3.	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 .

4.	Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 March, 2012 - 9:55pm
Last updated 21 May, 2013 - 12:24pm

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