Ophisma tropicalis

Ophisma tropicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ophisma
Species: O. tropicalis
Binomial name
Ophisma tropicalis
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Ophisma ardosiata Draudt, 1940
  • Ophisma bilineata Draudt, 1940
  • Ophisma confudens Walker 1858
  • Ophisma crocimacula Guenée, 1852
  • Ophisma detrahens Walker 1858
  • Ophisma dimidiata Draudt, 1940
  • Ophisma fugiens Walker 1858
  • Ophisma luteiplaga Walker 1858
  • Ophisma stigmatifera Walker 1858
  • Ophisma morbillosa Felder & Rogenhofer 1874

Ophisma tropicalis [1] is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in tropical and subtropical America, from the south of the United States to Uruguay, including Brazil, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Kitts, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Colombia.

The larvae feed on Cupania americana.

References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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