Ophisma tropicalis

Ophisma tropicalis

''Ophisma tropicalis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. 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 Dapa, Valle Del Cauca 2100m Ophisma tropicalis

Food

The larvae feed on ''Cupania americana''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusOphisma
SpeciesO. tropicalis
Photographed in
Colombia