''Eupseudosoma'' is a

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moths Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. The best known and most widespread species is ''Eupseudosoma involutum'', the snowy eupseudosoma, a bright white moth which is found from the southern United States right down to the south of South America. There are a few other species found across the Americas.

Species

* ''

Eupseudosoma aberrans ''Eupseudosoma aberrans'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Amer ...

'' Schaus, 1905 :Recorded food plants include '' Diospyros'', ''

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'', '' Eugenia'' and ''

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'' * '' Eupseudosoma agramma'' Hampson, 1901 * '' Eupseudosoma grandis'' Rothschild, 1909 * ''

Eupseudosoma involutum ''Eupseudosoma involutum'', the snowy eupseudosoma, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Sepp in 1855. It is found from the southern United States (Florida) to Argentina, as well as on the Antilles. The wingspan ...

'' Sepp, 1855 – snowy eupseudosoma :Recorded food plants include '' Diospyros'', ''

'', '' Eugenia'' and ''

'' * '' Eupseudosoma larissa'' (Druce, 1890)

Former species

* '' Eupseudosoma bifasciata'' (Cramer,

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* '' Eupseudosoma eurygania'' (Druce, 1897)

References

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