Erebidae
930968.7 –
8723.1 Mimophisma ablunaris
(Guenée, 1852)
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| Distribution: |
Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida. |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
hilaris (Möschler, 1890) (Ophisma)indistincta (Walker, 1865) (Remigia)restituta (Walker, 1858) (Geria)ablunaris (Guenée, 1852) (Ophisma) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Mimophisma ablunaris (Guenée, 1852), n. comb. (Cock et al. 2023), was formerly in the genus Achaea. This species was reported from Florida by Dickel (1991). Also reported from Texas by Knudson and Bordelon (2004), "these records may be referrable to Mimophisma delunaris (E. Knudson, pers. comm.)" (Lafontaine & Schmidt 2010). |
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| 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.
- Cock, M.J.W., R.N. Deo, M.C. Gibson, A.E. Deacon, S.M. Tran, M. Kelly and A. Wheeler, 2023. New records of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) from Tobago, West Indies, with two new combinations and one new synonym in Erebidae. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club, 2023: 99-125.
- Dickel, T.S., 1991. New records of noctuid moths from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 2(1): 53-58.
- Knudson E. & C. Bordelon, 2004. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Texas. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Publ. 6, 1999. 2004 Edition.
- Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239.
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