Aclytia heber

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Aclytia heber
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Aclytia
Species:
A. heber
Binomial name
Aclytia heber
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx heberCramer, [1780]
  • Sphinx halysStoll, [1781]
  • Aclytia flaviventrisMöschler, 1872

Aclytia heber is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. [1] It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Cuba, Trinidad, Suriname and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). A single specimen was collected at Alamo, Texas in November 2012. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Aclytia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (2013). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (264): 227–236. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4443 . PMC   3668382 . PMID   23730184.