Alypiodes geronimo
| Geronimo Forester | |
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| A. geronimo adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Alypiodes |
| Species: | A. geronimo
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| Binomial name | |
| Alypiodes geronimo (Barnes, 1900)
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Alypiodes geronimo is a moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). first described by William Barnes in 1900.[1][2] It is found in North America and parts of Mexico.[1]
The MONA or Hodges number for Alypiodes geronimo is 9313.[3]
Description[edit]
The species is sexually dimorphic, unlike Alypiodes bimaculata, females have two spots on their forewing, while males have a third extra spot.[4]
Caterpillars feed on the leaves of Boerhavia species.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Alypiodes geronimo report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Alypiodes geronimo species information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Alypiodes geronimo". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Noctuidae of North America - Agaristinae - Alypiodes geronimo". www.nearctica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "A History Of Moth Collectors In Western North America", Moths of Western North America, University of California Press, pp. 23–30, 2019-12-31, doi:10.1525/9780520943773-009, ISBN 9780520943773, retrieved 2023-10-09
Further reading[edit]
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527..127L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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