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Species Eublemma cinnamomea - Hodges#9077

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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 Eublemmini
Genus Eublemma
Species cinnamomea (Eublemma cinnamomea - Hodges#9077)
Hodges Number
9077
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eublemma cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
Trothisa cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Phylogenetic sequence # 930694.
Numbers
There are four named Eublemma species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 17 mm.
Identification
The revised description by Hampson (1910) is available online in the print references below.
Range
Texas to Florida. (2)
Also found in the West Indies, Mexico to South America.
Type Locality: Cuba.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults fly March through November. (2)
See Also
Eublemma recta

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Eublemma irresoluta from southwestern United States.
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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1910. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. p. (171)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
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
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2012 - 10:16am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 November, 2013 - 1:33am

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