Alypiodes geronimo

Geronimo Forester
A. geronimo adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Alypiodes
Species:	A. geronimo
Binomial name
Alypiodes geronimo (Barnes, 1900)

Alypiodes geronimo is a moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). first described by William Barnes in 1900. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America and parts of Mexico. ^[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Alypiodes geronimo is 9313. ^[3]

Description

A. geronimo larval stage

The species is sexually dimorphic, unlike Alypiodes bimaculata, females have two spots on their forewing, while males have a third extra spot. ^[4]

Caterpillars feed on the leaves of Boerhavia species. ^[5]

References

1. "Alypiodes geronimo report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
2. "Alypiodes geronimo species information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Alypiodes geronimo" . Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Noctuidae of North America - Agaristinae - Alypiodes geronimo". www.nearctica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
5. "A History Of Moth Collectors In Western North America" , Moths of Western North America, University of California Press, pp. 23–30, 2019-12-31, doi:10.1525/9780520943773-009, ISBN   9780520943773 , retrieved 2023-10-09

Further reading

• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 .
• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527..127L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151 . PMC   4668890 . PMID   26692790.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .