Schrankia macula

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Black-spotted schrankia moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Schrankia
Species:
S. macula
Binomial name
Schrankia macula
(H. Druce, 1891) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Hypenopsis maculaH. Druce, 1891

Schrankia macula, the black-spotted schrankia moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found from North America (including Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) [3] to Central America.

The wingspan is 13–18 mm.

The larvae feed on a species of bracket fungus. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Pekarsky, O. (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys (242): 43–50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.242.3856 . PMC   3561679 . PMID   23378796.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Schrankia macula (Druce, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ "930668.00 – 8431 – Schrankia macula – Black-spotted Schrankia Moth – (Druce, 1891)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ McLeod, Robin; Cotinis & Heiman, Maury (November 21, 2013). "Species Schrankia macula - Black-spotted Schrankia - Hodges#8431". BugGuide. Retrieved January 5, 2020.


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