Bleptina

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Bleptina
Bleptina caradrinalis.jpg
Bleptina caradrinalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Bleptina
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Opotura Walker, [1859]
  • Anagoa Möschler, 1886

Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1][2][3][4]

Description[]

Palpi with second joint reaching far above vertex of head. Third joint long with a tuft of hair on inner side. Antennae fasciculated (bundled) in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole, which is short and broad or long and narrow. Vein 10 sometimes given off beyond it. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[5]

Species[]

  • Walker, [1859] Puerto Rico
  • Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Warren, 1889 Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Druce, 1891 Panama
  • Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901) Florida, Antilles
  • Schaus, 1916 Cuba
  • (Walker, [1859])
  • Schaus, 1916 Cuba
  • Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 southern US - Brazil, Antilles, Venezuela, Puerto Rico – bent-winged owlet moth
  • Schaus, 1916 Cuba
  • Schaus, 1906 Brazil (Paraná)
  • Guenée, 1854 Brazil, Venezuela
  • Poole, 1989 Venezuela
  • Prout, 1921 eastern Zaire
  • Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
  • (Hampson, 1904) Bahamas
  • Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
  • Dognin, 1914 Colombia
  • Bleptina flaviguttalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
  • Walker, 1862 southern Africa
  • Guenée, 1854 southern US, Central America, Antilles
  • Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
  • Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872 Florida, Alabama, Texas
  • Walker, 1862 southern Africa
  • Druce, 1891 Panama, Costa Rica
  • Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
  • Guenée, 1854
  • Druce, 1891 Panama
  • Walker, [1859] Antilles - Venezuela
  • Bleptina minimalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
  • Schaus, 1916 Cuba
  • Walker, [1859]
  • Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
  • Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
  • Dognin, 1914 Colombia
  • Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Walker, [1859] Venezuela
  • Walker, [1859]
  • Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Schaus, 1916 Cuba
  • Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Illinois
  • Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Guenée, 1854 Brazil
  • Mabille, 1900
  • Schaus, 1916 Venezuela

References[]

  1. ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  2. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Bleptina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Bleptina Guenée, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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