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Species Bendisodes aeolia - Hodges#8656

Bendisodes aeolia Brown Moth - Bendisodes aeolia No. 265 Bendisodes aeolia? - Bendisodes aeolia Bendisodes aeolia Moth - was acting odd - Bendisodes aeolia Bendisodes aeolia Bendisodes aeolia Unknown Moth Nov 4 - Bendisodes aeolia
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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 Bendisodes
Species aeolia (Bendisodes aeolia - Hodges#8656)
Hodges Number
8656
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bendisodes aeolia (Druce, 1890)
Isogona aeolia Druce 1890
Phylogenetic sequence # 930979
Numbers
The only species of Bendisode found in America north of Mexcio.(1)
Range
Extreme southern Texas to Central America.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Records from March through August. (2)
Remarks
one of the most common s. TX noctuids, especially at baits (3)
See Also
Some Zale species are similar Moth Photographers Group
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Phoberia atomaris
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
3.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.