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Species Antiblemma rufinans - Hodges#8577

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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 Eulepidotinae

Genus Antiblemma

Species rufinans (Antiblemma rufinans - Hodges#8577)

Hodges Number

8577

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Antiblemma rufinans (Guenée, 1852)

Capnodes rufinans Guenée, 1852

Long list of synonyms.

Phylogenetic sequence # 931093

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included three species of the genus Antiblemma in America north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Florida; West Indies; Central America to Brazil. (2)

Dyar (1914) reported the species near the Panama Canal. (3)

Habitat

Dry, sandy woodlands and scrub forests. (4)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January to June; December in Florida. (2)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed Eugenia myrtoides Poir. (boxleaf stopper). (2)

Print References

Druce, H., 1881. Insecta: Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 413.

Guenée, 1852. Guén. Sp. Gén. des Lêp., 7: 377.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)

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

3.	Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone Harrison Gray Dyar. 1914. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 139-350.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 September, 2013 - 1:40pm
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 7:02pm

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