Ascalapha odorata

Larval specimen

Adult male specimen in Lucayan National Park, Ben's Cave, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.

Adult female specimen in Hawaii, United States.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Erebinae
Tribus: Thermesiini
Genus: Ascalapha
Species: Ascalapha odorata

Name

Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Original combination: Phalaena odorata Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 505. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2024. Ascalapha odorata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 December 08. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ascalapha odorata. Accessed: 2024 December 08.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwarze hexe
English: Black witch moth
español: Mariposa negra, mariposa de la muerte
فارسی: جادوگر سیاه
Avañe'ẽ: Úra
kurdî: Pelûtank
Nāhuatl: Micpāpalōtl
português: Bruxa
中文: 黑女巫蛾

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