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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Phaegopterina » Neoplynes » Neoplynes eudora - Hodges#8101 (Neoplynes eudora)

Species Neoplynes eudora - Hodges#8101

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

Texas SE Gulf Coast - Neoplynes eudora - male

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Phaegopterina

Genus Neoplynes

Species eudora (Neoplynes eudora - Hodges#8101)

Hodges Number

8101

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoplynes eudora (Dyar, 1894)

Pagara eudora Dyar, 1894.

Phylogenetic sequence # 930400 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Neoplynes eudora as the only member of the genus north of Mexico. (1)

Schmidt & Opler (2008) also listed one species. (2)

Size

Dyar (1894) listed a wingspan of 24 mm.

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include the Gulf Coast, Georgia and Florida(3) to Texas.(4)

Holotype from "Texas".

Season

Heppner (2003) reported February to July, November to December. (4)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the host as unknown. (4)

Print References

Dyar, H.G., 1894. A new form of Pagara. Entomological News, 5: 198.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (7)

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.	Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.

3.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

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

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

7.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 January, 2014 - 6:28pm

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