Ophisma tropicalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Ophisma
- Species
- Ophisma tropicalis
- Scientific Name
- Ophisma tropicalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ophisma tropicalis
Ophisma tropicalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in tropical and subtropical America, from the south of the United States to Uruguay, including Brazil, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Kitts, Montserrat, Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Colombia.
The larvae feed on Cupania americana.
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