Biology:Euscirrhopterus poeyi
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Euscirrhopterus |
| Species: | E. poeyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Euscirrhopterus poeyi Grote, 1866
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Euscirrhopterus poeyi, the pullback moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found from southern Florida and Mexico, through Central America to Brazil . It is also found in the Caribbean, including Cuba.[1]
The wingspan is about 34 mm for females and 38 mm for males.[2] Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are smaller and their wings are characterized by large areas of hyaline (glass-like) membrane lacking scales. Females are larger without the hyaline membranous areas. The general color is a dark gray brown.[3]
The larvae feed on Pisonia aculeata.[4]
References
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ "931973.00 – 9307.1 – Euscirrhopterus poeyi – Pullback Moth – Grote, 1866". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9307.1. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ↑ Noctuidae of North America
- ↑ Search Results Euscirrhopterus poeyi. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q5414216 entry
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