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Species of moth

Bleptina inferior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Bleptina
Species: B. inferior
Binomial name
Bleptina inferior
Grote, 1872
Synonyms
  • Bleptina medialis Smith, 1895

Bleptina inferior, the inferior owlet moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Iowa to Massachusetts, south to Texas and Florida.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm.

The MONA or Hodges number for Bleptina inferior is 8371.

References

  1. "Bleptina inferior Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ "Bleptina inferior Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. "Bleptina inferior Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  4. Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B.; & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. "Bleptina inferior, Hodges 8371". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1–239.

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Taxon identifiers
Bleptina inferior


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