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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Haematomis » Haematomis uniformis - Hodges#8093 (Haematomis uniformis)

Species Haematomis uniformis - Hodges#8093

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

Haematomis uniformis? - Haematomis uniformis

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Cisthenina

Genus Haematomis

Species uniformis (Haematomis uniformis - Hodges#8093)

Hodges Number

8093

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Haematomis uniformis Schaus, 1899

Phylogenetic sequence # 930211

Numbers

The only member of the genus Haematomis found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

The wingspan averages 24-30 mm.

Identification

Original description is online: (215).

Forewing has a rose colored patch where the wing meets the body.

Hindwings are gray with some white at the base and darker towards the costal margin.

Range

Arizona, the Big Bend region of Texas and south into Mexico.

Type locality: Mexico: Oaxaca.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.

Season

The adults are most common from July through September. (2)

Food

Larval host unknown.

See Also

Haematomis mexicana is very similar but has larger light shaded area along the costa and is only found in Mexico.

Rhabdatomis laudamia, has wider light shaded area along the inner margin.

Print References

Schaus, W., 1893. New species of Lithosiidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7: 215.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

lepbarcoding.org

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 November, 2012 - 9:35am
Last updated 14 August, 2013 - 11:43pm

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