HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Mimophisma » Mimophisma delunaris - Hodges#8723 (Mimophisma delunaris)

Species Mimophisma delunaris - Hodges#8723

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

Possibly Mimophisma delunaris? - Mimophisma delunaris

Mimophisma delunaris - Mimophisma delunaris

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Mimophisma

Species delunaris (Mimophisma delunaris - Hodges#8723)

Hodges Number

8723

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mimophisma delunaris (Guenée, 1852)(1)

Ophisma delunaris Guenée, 1852 (379)

Ophisma turturoides Walker

Remigia indistincta (Walker)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931058

Numbers

The only species of Mimophisma found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Identification

Range

Extreme southern Texas, Mexico to South America. (379)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

May and September collection records for Texas. (2)

Print References

Druce, H. 1890. Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Biologia Centrali-Americana vol. 1, p. (379)

Hodges, R.W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (3)

Lafontaine J.D., and B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 39.(1)

Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae: Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118).p. 665.(4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

lepbarcoding.org - collection map and photos of pinned adults.

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.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 September, 2012 - 6:20pm
Last updated 5 March, 2013 - 11:48pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version