Oedemasia leptinoides

Oedemasia leptinoides, the black-blotched schizura or black-blotched prominent, is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents).[1] It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864 and is found in North America.

Oedemasia leptinoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Oedemasia
Species:
O. leptinoides
Binomial name
Oedemasia leptinoides
(Grote, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Schizura leptinoides

The MONA or Hodges number for Oedemasia leptinoides is 8011.[2]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Schizura, but was transferred to Oedemasia as a result of research published in 2021.[3]

References

  1. "Oedemasia leptinoides Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Oedemasia leptinoides". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352.

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