Carteris oculatalis, the dotted carteris moth, is a species of litter moth in the family Erebidae.[1][2] It is found in southern Florida,[2] Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. The species was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Carteris |
Species: | C. oculatalis
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Binomial name | |
Carteris oculatalis (Möschler, 1890)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Carteris oculatalis is 8391.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Carteris oculatalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ a b "Carteris oculatalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "Carteris oculatalis, Dotted Carteris Moth - Hodges 8391". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 264: 85-123.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1-239.