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Genus Anomis

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Anomis - Anomis texana Texas SE Gulf Coast - Anomis erosa Anomis erosa? - Anomis erosa tan and orange colored moth in Canton Georgia USA 9-15-2020 about 3/4 to 1 inch long. - Anomis Okra Leafworm Moth - Anomis illita Xanthophysa psychicalis? - Anomis illita Florida Moth - Anomis erosa Anomis luridula for real? - Anomis luridula
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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 Scoliopteryginae
Tribe Anomini
Genus Anomis
Other Common Names
A. flava larva called Cotton Looper
A. flava adult called Yellow Scallop Moth by Ohio State U. but called Tropical Anomis by Ontario Min. Natural Resources (OMNR)
A. erosa adult called Yellow Scallop Moth by OMNR
Numbers
Nine Anomis species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)
2 species in eastern Canada: erosa, flava (CBIF)
1 species in western Canada: erosa (CBIF)
Remarks
Dalton State College cautions that A. erosa cannot be positively distinguished from A. flava without dissecting the genitalia.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - pinned Anomis adults and related species for comparison.
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 .
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 January, 2005 - 8:32pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 September, 2020 - 5:43pm

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