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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Poaphilini » Ophisma » Ophisma tropicalis - Hodges#8722 (Ophisma tropicalis)

Species Ophisma tropicalis - Hodges#8722

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

Ophisma tropicalis - Hodges #8722 - Ophisma tropicalis

Texas SE Gulf Coast - Ophisma tropicalis - female

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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 Poaphilini

Genus Ophisma

Species tropicalis (Ophisma tropicalis - Hodges#8722)

Hodges Number

8722

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852

Long list of synonyms due to the variations and widespread range.

Phylogenetic sequence # 930968.1

Numbers

Ophisma tropicalis is the only member of the genus listed for America , north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

The species is extremely variable in color and pattern. The white dot at the base of the forewing is distinctive. (2)

Range

North Carolina to Florida and Texas. (3)

Range extends throughout Mexico and the Antilles, south to Argentina. (2)

Season

Adults are most common from May to November. (3)

Heppner (2003) reported Ophisma tropicalis as a stray in Florida. (4)

Food

Larvae reported on Cupania americana L. (wild ackee).

Heppner (2003) reported the host plant as unknown. (4)

Remarks

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), 29. fig. 61. (2)

Guenée, 1852. Sp. gen. des Lep., 6: 238.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

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.	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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 July, 2013 - 12:31pm

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