Epidromia lienaris

Epidromia lienaris is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found from southern Florida and Arizona southward through the Caribbean and Central America to Peru and Brazil and the Galápagos Islands.

Epidromia lienaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Epidromia
Species:
E. lienaris
Binomial name
Epidromia lienaris
(Hubner, 1823)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hemeroblemma lienaris Hubner, 1823
  • Ophisma profana Walker, 1858
  • Remigia saturatior Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia suffusa Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia tinctifera Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia glaucescens Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia lenis Walker, 1858
  • Ophisma antica Walker, 1865
  • Epidromia xanthogramma Wallegren, 1860

The larvae feed on Psidium longipes, Psidium guajava, Eugenia axillaris, Metopium toxiferum and Rhus copallina.[2]

Taxonomy

Both Epidromia rotundata and Epidromia pannosa where formerly listed as synonyms, but are now considered distinct.

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References
  1. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Epidromia lienaris (Hübner, 1823)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 2, 2018.


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