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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanoidea) » Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Drepanidae) » Hooktip Moths (Drepaninae) » Eudeilinia » Southern Eudeilinea Moth - Hodges#6254 (Eudeilinia luteifera)

Species Eudeilinia luteifera - Southern Eudeilinea Moth - Hodges#6254

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Drepanoidea (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)
Family Drepanidae (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Drepaninae (Hooktip Moths)
Genus Eudeilinia
Species luteifera (Southern Eudeilinea Moth - Hodges#6254)
Hodges Number
6254
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eudeilinia luteifera Dyar, 1917
Explanation of Names
CAUTION: DO NOT ADD IMAGES! Eudeilinia luteifera Dyar, 1917 is a synonym of Eudeilinia herminiata (Guenée, [1858]) (Schmidt in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)(1).
Size
Dyar (1917) reported the wingspan as 25 mm.
Range
Texas to Florida. (2)
Holotype collected April 2, 1907, F.C. Pratt, Dallas, Texas, No. 21186, USNM.
Season
Heppner (2003) reported March, May to June for Florida. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed one host plant. (3)
Cornus florida L. (flowering dogwood).
See Also
Eudeilinia herminiata
Print References
Dyar, Harrison G., 1917. Miscellaneous new America Lepidoptera. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 5(4-6): 68.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
Works Cited
1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
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
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 August, 2013 - 5:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 17 January, 2024 - 4:57am

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