Hemeroplanis scopulepes
Distribution: North Carolina to Argentina; Lesser Antilles; Greater
Antilles except Puerto Rico.
Type locality: 'England' (actually S.E. USA).
Synonyms: Scopelopus inops Stephens 1829;
Hemeroplanis pyralis Hubner 1818;
Hemeroplanis pyraloides Hubner 1823;
Poaphila irrecta Walker 1865;
Apicia denticulata Walker 1866;
Coptocnemia floccalis Zeller 1872;
Pleonectyptera geometralis Grote 1872.
Source of record: M.J.C.B. collection; Gowdey collection I.O.J. (?) (
as' Scopelopus scopelopus' (sic).
Method of identification: illustrated in black and white by Kimball (1965)
pl. 18, fig. 21 (as'Hemeroplanis scopulaepes').
Notes: this group of species has been revised by Todd (1960).
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