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Species Ercta vittata - Hodges#5111

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Ercta vittata - Hodges #5111 - Ercta vittata
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Udeini
Genus Ercta
Species vittata (Ercta vittata - Hodges#5111)

Hodges Number

5111

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ercta vittata (Fabricius, 1794)
syn. Stenia hemialis Guenée, 1854

Numbers

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

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

Southern Florda

Season

Heppner (2003) reported adults during the months of January, June to September, November. (3)
Moth Photographers Group includes March. (4)

Print References

Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst., 3(2): 217.
Guenée, 1854. in Boisduval & Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Spécies Général des Lépidoptères, 8: 248.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Moths of Jamaica

Works Cited

1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 July, 2013 - 6:47pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 2:46pm

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