''Ophisma tropicalis'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852.
[Poole, R. W. (1989)]
''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae
. CRC Press. , . It is found in tropical and subtropical America, from the south of the United States to
Uruguay, including
Brazil,
Guadeloupe
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,
Martinique,
Saint Kitts,
Montserrat
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,
Saint Vincent,
Grenada
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, the
Greater Antilles,
Cuba, the
Dominican Republic,
Jamaica and
Colombia
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.
The larvae feed on ''
Cupania americana
''Cupania'' is a plant genus in the family Sapindaceae.
Selected species
* ''Cupania alternifolia''
* '' Cupania americana''
* ''Cupania cinerea''
* '' Cupania glabra''
* ''Cupania guatemalensis''
* ''Cupania vernalis
''Cupania vernalis'' ...
''.
References
External links
"''Ophisma tropicalis''" ''Moths of Jamaica''. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
*
''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles''. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
Ophiusina
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