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Species Lesmone formularis - Hodges#8655

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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 Lesmone
Species formularis (Lesmone formularis - Hodges#8655)
Hodges Number
8655
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
Bendis formularis Geyer, 1837
syn.
Lesmone impar (Guenée, 1852)
Lesmone fusifascia (Walker, 1858)
Lesmone postica (Walker, 1865)
Lesmone umbrata (Walker, 1865)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930974
Identification
Sexually dimorphic species.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range as Florida; Texas; West Indies; Mexico to Brazil. (1)
Moth Photographers Group extends the range to Maryland.
Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults from January to December in Florida. (1)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant as Cassia sp. (1)
Print References
Becker, V.O. & S.E. Miller, 2002. The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: A survey of efficient colonizers. (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56(1): 32, figs. 90-91. (2)
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson 1985. New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 39(1): 2, fig. 12. (3)
Geyer, 1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 5: 26, figs. 903-904.
Works Cited
1.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
2.The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin. Islands: A survey of efficient colonizers. (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, ...
Vitor O. Becker, Scott E. Miller. 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56(1): 9-44 .
3.New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas
André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 1-8.