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Species Neoplynes eudora - Hodges#8101

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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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