Ophisma tropicalis
Species of moth
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Ophisma tropicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae 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.
| Ophisma tropicalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Ophisma |
| Species: | O. tropicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852 | |
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The larvae feed on Cupania americana.
