Bleptina sangamonia

Description

Bleptina sangamonia is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the US from Illinois and Maryland, south to at least South Carolina, but it is not present in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854. 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.