Bleptina

Bleptina
Bleptina caradrinalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae
Genus:	Bleptina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
OpoturaWalker, [1859] AnagoaMöschler, 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

• Bleptina acastusalis Walker, [1859] Puerto Rico
• Bleptina aeatusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bleptina albidiscalis Warren, 1889 Brazil (Amazonas)
• Bleptina antinoe Druce, 1891 Panama
• Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901) Florida, Antilles
• Bleptina athusalis Schaus, 1916 Cuba
• Bleptina atymnusalis (Walker, [1859])
• Bleptina baracoana Schaus, 1916 Cuba
• Bleptina bogesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 southern US - Brazil, Antilles, Venezuela, Puerto Rico – bent-winged owlet moth
• Bleptina carlona Schaus, 1916 Cuba
• Bleptina clara Schaus, 1906 Brazil (Paraná)
• Bleptina confusalis Guenée, 1854 Brazil, Venezuela
• Bleptina confusaloides Poole, 1989 Venezuela
• Bleptina cryptoleuca Prout, 1921 eastern Zaire
• Bleptina dejecta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
• Bleptina diopis (Hampson, 1904) Bahamas
• Bleptina eminens Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
• Bleptina fasciata Dognin, 1914 Colombia
• Bleptina flaviguttalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
• Bleptina frontalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa
• Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854 southern US, Central America, Antilles
• Bleptina infausta Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
• Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872 Florida, Alabama, Texas
• Bleptina intractalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa
• Bleptina lasaea Druce, 1891 Panama, Costa Rica
• Bleptina latona Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
• Bleptina madopalis Guenée, 1854
• Bleptina malia Druce, 1891 Panama
• Bleptina menalcasalis Walker, [1859] Antilles - Venezuela
• Bleptina minimalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
• Bleptina muricolor Schaus, 1916 Cuba
• Bleptina nisosalis Walker, [1859]
• Bleptina niveigutta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
• Bleptina obscura Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
• Bleptina olearos Dognin, 1914 Colombia
• Bleptina ophelasalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bleptina pentheusalis Walker, [1859] Venezuela
• Bleptina pithosalis Walker, [1859]
• Bleptina pollesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bleptina pudesta Schaus, 1916 Cuba
• Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Illinois
• Bleptina styrusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bleptina syrnialis Guenée, 1854 Brazil
• Bleptina tenebrosa Mabille, 1900
• Bleptina vultura 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.