Moth Photographers Group – Orthosia hibisci

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Noctuidae

932778 – 10495 Orthosia hibisci (Guenée, 1852)

Speckled Green Fruitworm

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Synonymy:

hibisci (Guenée, 1852) (Taeniocampa) - MONA 1983: 10495

ssp. a. hibisci (Guenée, 1852) (Taeniocampa) - MONA 1983: 10495

confluens (Morrison, 1875) (Taeniocampa) TL: St. Louis, MO.

insciens Walker, 1857 (Orthosia)

ssp. b. brucei (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

malora (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

ssp. c. nubilata (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

ssp. d. quinquefasciata (Smith, 1909) (Taeniocampa)

inflava (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

inherita (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

latirena (Dod, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

proba (Smith, 1910) (Taeniocampa)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 159.
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths