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Epidromia rotundata

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Epidromia rotundata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Epidromia
Species:
E. rotundata
Binomial name
Epidromia rotundata
Synonyms
  • Epidromia fergusoni Solis, 1986

Epidromia rotundata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the United States from Georgia to southern Florida. It is also recorded from Cuba and from xeric habitats in Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula and on the west coast of Mexico.[1]

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lafontaine, J. Donald & Dickel, Terhune S. (2008). "Review of the Genus Epidromia in North America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae)" (PDF). Lepidoptera Novae. 1 (3–4): 109–115.
  2. ^ McLeod, Robin (November 8, 2016). "Species Epidromia rotundata - Hodges#8585.3". BugGuide. Retrieved December 8, 2019.