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Species Lesmone formularis - Hodges#8655

Lesmone formularis - Hodges #8655 - Lesmone formularis

Lesmone formularis in Miami - Lesmone formularis

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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.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moths of Maryland

Moths of Belize

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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 June, 2013 - 12:19am
Last updated 12 June, 2013 - 8:47am

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