Ophisma tropicalis

Ophisma tropicalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in tropical and subtropical America, from the south of the United States to Uruguay, including Brazil, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Kitts, Montserrat, Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Colombia.

Ophisma tropicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ophisma
Species:	O. tropicalis
Binomial name
Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
Ophisma ardosiata Draudt, 1940 Ophisma bilineata Draudt, 1940 Ophisma confudens Walker 1858 Ophisma crocimacula Guenée, 1852 Ophisma detrahens Walker 1858 Ophisma dimidiata Draudt, 1940 Ophisma fugiens Walker 1858 Ophisma luteiplaga Walker 1858 Ophisma stigmatifera Walker 1858 Ophisma morbillosa Felder & Rogenhofer 1874

The larvae feed on Cupania americana.

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

External links

• "Ophisma tropicalis". Moths of Jamaca. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
• "930968.10 – 8722 – Ophisma tropicalis – Guenée, 1852". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
• "Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles. Retrieved December 4, 2019.