Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852
syn. Epidromia poaphiloides of authors, not (Guenée, 1852)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930976
Identification
Solis (1986) distinguishes
Epidromia pannosa from
E. fergusoni.
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Lafontaine & Dickel (2008) describe the three know North American species in the genus
Epidromia (2)Range
Heppner (2003) included Florida; West Indies to Brazil.
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Lafontaine & Dickel (2008) in North America found only in the Florida Keys
(2)Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults from March to May, November, December.
(3)Food
Heppner (2003) listed the following host plants.
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Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd. (white stopper).
Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb. (Florida poisontree).
Psidium guajava L. (guava).
P. littorale var. longipes (O. Berg.) Fosb. (purple guava).
Rhus copallina L. (winged sumac).
See Also
Epidromia lienaris - In males, dark areas on the wing tend to be more extensive and contrasting and lacks the yellow streak on the underside of the forewing. Females cannot be safely separated.
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Print References
Guenée, 1852. Noctuidae III: 326
Lafontaine, J.D., 2008. Review of the genus
Epidromia in North America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 1(3-4): 111; figs. 7-9, 14, 18.
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Solis, M.A., 1986. A new species of
Epidromia (Noctuidae) from Florida. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 40(1): 15; figs. 8-12; table 3.
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