Hormoschista
| Hormoschista | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Hormoschista Möschler, 1890 |
| Species: | H. latipalpis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hormoschista latipalpis (Walker, 1858)
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Hormoschista is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Möschler in 1890. Its single species, Hormoschista latipalpis, the double-lined brown moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in eastern North America and the Caribbean.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[3][4]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Hormoschista Möschler, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "930724.00 – 8488 – Hormoschista latipalpis – Double-lined Brown Moth – (Walker, 1858)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 March 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.