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Species Ptichodis immunis - Hodges#8750.1

Ptichodis immunis cf - Ptichodis immunis

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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 Euclidiini

Genus Ptichodis

Species immunis (Ptichodis immunis - Hodges#8750.1)

Hodges Number

8750.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ptichodis immunis (Guenée, 1852)

Phurys immunis Guenee, 1852 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930933

Numbers

Seven Ptichodis species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) listed as a stray in Florida; West Indies. (3)

Georgia. (4)

Widespread in Mexico to South America; Antilles.

Season

March and April records for FL and GA. (5)

November records for Texas. (2012)

Life Cycle

Not known to breed in the United States. (4)

Print References

Becker & Miller, 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society. 56(1): 28; figs. 54-55.

Dickel, T.S. 1991. New records of Noctuidae moths from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Tropical Lepidoptera, 2(1)1: 53-58. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Lepbarcoding.org

Works Cited

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

2.	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 .

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	New records of Noctuidae moths from Florida Terhune S. Dickel. 1991. Tropical Lepidoptera 2(1): 53-58.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 November, 2012 - 6:10pm
Last updated 2 February, 2014 - 12:27am

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