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.
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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: | Ophisma |
| Species: | O. tropicalis
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| Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
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The larvae feed on Cupania americana.
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- "Ophisma tropicalis". Moths of Jamaica. 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.
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