Heteranassa mima

Heteranassa mima
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Heteranassa
Species:	H. mima
Binomial name
Heteranassa mima (Harvey, 1876)
Synonyms
Homoptera mima Harvey, 1876 Eubolina mima Campometra mima Elousa mima Campometra fraterna Smith, 1899 Heteranassa fraterna Elousa fraterna Campometra minor Smith, 1899 Elousa minor Heteranassa minor

Heteranassa mima is a moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in warm, arid habitats from California to Texas, northward to Oklahoma, and south as far as Oaxaca in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 9.7–14.9 mm for males and 11–16.7 mm for females. The antemedial line on the forewings is pointed apically on the anal vein and the medial line is black, pointed mesially on the radial, the cubital, and anal veins. The postmedial line is black, outlining the apical half of the discal area and the subterminal line is brown, jagged, bordering the lighter colored terminal area. The terminal line is scalloped outwardly at the termini of the veins and the apical margin is traced in lighter coloration. The reniform spot markings range from a white spot, to a thin white vertical dash, to a barely visible dash, or black. The hindwing ground color is grey-white, darker shading distally. The terminal line is black, scalloped apically at the termini of the veins. There are multiple generations per year, with adults on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Prosopis and Acacia species.^[1]

References

1. Revision of the genus Heteranassa Smith, 1899 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Omopterini)