| Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury, 1773) |
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Scientific name: Hemeroblemma opigena (Drury, 1773) Common name: Other names: Other scientific name: Hemeroblemma pandrosa. French name: Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Heterocera Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Erebinae Wingspan: About 80 mm for females. Males are smaller. Biotope: Tropical regions. Geographic area: South of North America, Central America, South America, from Florida to Brazil. West Indies. Flight time: Number of generations : Caterpillar: Host plant: |
Hemeroblemma opigena shows a strong sexual dimorphism. Males' fore wings are longitudinally divided into two parts by a white stripe starting just after the apex and joining the beginning of the inner edge. The part of the wings close to the costal edge bears a pale brown median band with a wavy black line and a dark discal spot ornated with a white patch on one side. The overall colour of the wings is rather dark with a paler submarginal area showing an alignment of spaced tiny black dots. The hind wings show a central area with a more yellowish colour and a median line formed by a raw of small black chevrons. Females do not have any white stripe on their fore wings and their colours are less contrasted. |
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I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session. The stripe which is dividing the fore wings appears a little greyish on this picture. It indicates one male. |
André Bon April 2015