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Species Anomis illita - Okra Leafworm Moth - Hodges#8551

Caterpillar Feeding on Caesarweed (urena lobata)-1 - Anomis illita

Anomis illita (Okra Leafworm Moth) - Anomis illita

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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

Species illita (Okra Leafworm Moth - Hodges#8551)

Hodges Number

8551

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anomis illita (Guenée, 1852)

Anomis praerupta (Moschler 1890)

Ristra tortuosa Walker 1858

Phylogenetic sequence #930608

Numbers

One of nine species for the genus in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan about 17 mm.

Range

Southeastern United States, straying northward.

Found throughout much of tropical America.

Type locality: Brazil

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.

Season

Most records are from September and October. Adults are found year round in southern Florida.

Bug Guide - map of photo records submitted to the guide.

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 26.(1)

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map with some collection dates, photos of living and pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photo of living adult and related species for comparison.

Moths of Dallas County, Texas - listed for north Texas.

Moths of Jamaica - pinned adult.

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.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 27 February, 2007 - 7:46pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 6 December, 2012 - 1:33pm

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