Cobubatha metaspilaris

Cobubatha metaspilaris is a moth of the family Noctuidae, described by Francis Walker in 1863.[2] It is found in the southern United States (from Florida to Texas),[3][4] British Virgin Islands and Cuba.[5]

Cobubatha metaspilaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cobubatha
Species:
C. metaspilaris
Binomial name
Cobubatha metaspilaris
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Erastria minima Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Agrophila signiferana Walker, 1865
  • Cobubatha punctifinis Hampson, 1910

The wingspan is about 14 mm.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cobubatha metaspilaris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 126. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. ^ "931272 – 9012 – Cobubatha metaspilaris – Walker, 1863". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Cobubatha metaspilaris Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. ^ 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. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006.