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Erebidae 930700 – 8467   Hemeroplanis scopulepes (Haworth, 1809)              Variable Tropic Moth, The Brush-foot

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Distribution: NC south to MS and FL. MPG mapping is inaccurate especially from FL and west of MS with most referring to H. floccalis. Description/ Field Marks: FW length 12–14 mm. Similar Species: 8467.1 Hemeroplanis floccalis is smaller and best separated by genitalia or DNA barcode. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: scopulepes Haworth 1809 (Phytometra) - MONA 1983: 8467; Type locality: “England” (in error for the southeastern United States; Poole 1989) denticulata Walker 1866 (Apicia) geometralis Grote 1872 (Pleonectyptera) inops Stephens 1829 (Scopelopus) irrecta Walker 1865 (Poaphila) pyralis Hübner 1818 (Hemeroplanis) pyraloides Hübner 1823 (Hemeroplanis) scopelopes Seitz 1946 (Hemeroplanis) scopulaepes Stephens 1829 (Hemeroplanis)

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. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAB1105 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 2: 260. Poole, R.W., 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118. Noctuidae, Parts 1-3. E. J. Brill; New York. 1314 pages. (out of print) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Troubridge, J.T., 2020. A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Insecta Mundi, 0789: 1-56.

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