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Genus Eudocima

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Eudocima serpentifera - Hodges #8543.1 - Eudocima serpentifera - male Eudocima apta - male Eudocima apta Eudocima apta Eudocima apta from Nebraska (new state record) - Eudocima apta 3GirlsOut - Eudocima apta Eudocima apta Eudocima apta - male
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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 Calpinae (Fruit-piercing Moths)
Tribe Ophiderini
Genus Eudocima

Numbers

2 spp. (Brou 2006)

Print References

Brou Jr., V.A. 2006. A New US Record for the tropical fruit-piercing moth Eudocima serpentifera (Walker, 1858) South. Lepid. News 28: 105-108.
Brou Jr., V.A. 2007. A New US Record for a tropical fruit-piercing moth. News Lepid. Soc. 49: (1), 35, 37.
Brou Jr., V.A. 2007. A New US Record for a tropical fruit-piercing moth. News Lepid. Soc. 49: (Supplement S1), in 2006 Season Summary Cover.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 August, 2012 - 3:28pm

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