Bleptina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia:Erebidae
Subfamilia: Herminiinae
Genus: Bleptina
Species: B. araealis – B. biformata – B. caradrinalis – B. extincta – B. flaviguttalis – B. flavivena – B. heteropalpia – B. hydrillalis – B. inferior – B. minimalis – B. sangamonia – B. verticalis
Name

Bleptina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854

Type species:
Synonymy

Opotura Walker, [1859]: 191
Type species: Opotura erinusalis Walker
Anagoa Möschler, 1886
Type species: Anagoa ophiusioides Möschler

References
Primary references
Additional references

Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Troubridge, J.T. 2020. A new genus and 37 new noctuoid species from peninsular Florida and the Keys (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Insecta Mundi 0789: 1–56. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.[1][2][3][4]
Description

Palpi with second joint reaching far above vertex of head. Third joint long with a tuft of hair on inner side. Antennae fasciculated (bundled) in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole, which is short and broad or long and narrow. Vein 10 sometimes given off beyond it. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[5]
Species

Bleptina acastusalis Walker, [1859] Puerto Rico
Bleptina aeatusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Bleptina albidiscalis Warren, 1889 Brazil (Amazonas)
Bleptina antinoe Druce, 1891 Panama
Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901) Florida, Antilles
Bleptina athusalis Schaus, 1916 Cuba
Bleptina atymnusalis (Walker, [1859])
Bleptina baracoana Schaus, 1916 Cuba
Bleptina bogesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 southern US - Brazil, Antilles, Venezuela, Puerto Rico – bent-winged owlet moth
Bleptina carlona Schaus, 1916 Cuba
Bleptina clara Schaus, 1906 Brazil (Paraná)
Bleptina confusalis Guenée, 1854 Brazil, Venezuela
Bleptina confusaloides Poole, 1989 Venezuela
Bleptina cryptoleuca Prout, 1921 eastern Zaire
Bleptina dejecta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
Bleptina diopis (Hampson, 1904) Bahamas
Bleptina eminens Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
Bleptina fasciata Dognin, 1914 Colombia
Bleptina flaviguttalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
Bleptina frontalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa
Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854 southern US, Central America, Antilles
Bleptina infausta Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872 Florida, Alabama, Texas
Bleptina intractalis Walker, 1862 southern Africa
Bleptina lasaea Druce, 1891 Panama, Costa Rica
Bleptina latona Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
Bleptina madopalis Guenée, 1854
Bleptina malia Druce, 1891 Panama
Bleptina menalcasalis Walker, [1859] Antilles - Venezuela
Bleptina minimalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
Bleptina muricolor Schaus, 1916 Cuba
Bleptina nisosalis Walker, [1859]
Bleptina niveigutta Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
Bleptina obscura Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
Bleptina olearos Dognin, 1914 Colombia
Bleptina ophelasalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Bleptina pentheusalis Walker, [1859] Venezuela
Bleptina pithosalis Walker, [1859]
Bleptina pollesalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Bleptina pudesta Schaus, 1916 Cuba
Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Illinois
Bleptina styrusalis Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Bleptina syrnialis Guenée, 1854 Brazil
Bleptina tenebrosa Mabille, 1900
Bleptina vultura Schaus, 1916 Venezuela

References

Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
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. S2CID 84249695.
Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Bleptina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Bleptina Guenée, 1854". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.