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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Nystalea » Nystalea eutalanta - Hodges#7947 (Nystalea eutalanta)

Species Nystalea eutalanta - Hodges#7947

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
7947 - Nystalea eutalanta Nystalea sp. (prominent moth) larva feeding on poisonwood (Anacardiaceae) in Miami - Nystalea eutalanta Unknown Caterpillar - Nystalea eutalanta Nystalea eutalanta Nystalea? - Nystalea eutalanta Moths of Indian River County, FL - Nystalea eutalanta Moths of Indian River County, FL - Nystalea eutalanta Lepidoptera - Nystalea eutalanta
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Nystaleinae
Genus Nystalea
Species eutalanta (Nystalea eutalanta - Hodges#7947)
Hodges Number
7947
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nystalea eutalanta Dyar, 1921 (142)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930123
Explanation of Names
The status of Nystalea eutalanta as a valid species has gone back and forth. Currently examples of N. ebalea in FL are treated as N. eutalanta. However, BOLD data tells a different story. FL specimens barcode as N. ebalea with the exception of one specimen which may or may not be true N. eutalanta. Per Lafontaine and Schmidt, pers. comm. 7/5/2017, more work needs to be done. I understand that the next MONA fascicle will continue the status quo but that could change. - Steve Nanz 7/5/2017
Size
Wingspan average: (Dyar)
♂ 48 mm.
♀ 52 mm.
Identification
Original description online: (142)

Determined Don Lafontaine
Range
Florida. (1), (2), (3)
West Indies and possibly Mexico. (3)
Types:
♂ USA: Florida, Coco[a]nut Grove.
♀ USA: Florida, Paradise Key.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults have been recorded every month in Florida. (2), (3)
See Also
Erinnyis lassauxii

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Nystalea indiana
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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1921. Insecutor Inscit. Menstr. v. 9: p. (142)
Stoll, 1782 [1780]. in Cramer, De Uitlandsche Kapellen Voorkomende in de drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America. 4 (26b-28): 41, pl. 310.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) - (Nystalea ebalea) (4)
Moths of Jamaica - (Nystalea ebalea)
butterfliesandmoths.org - (Nystalea ebalea)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 7:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 5 September, 2017 - 2:23pm

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