# Bleptina

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***Bleptina*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [litter moths](/source/Herminiinae) of the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). It was erected by [Achille Guenée](/source/Achille_Guen%C3%A9e) in 1854.[1][2][3][4]

## Description

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.[5]

## Species

- *[Bleptina acastusalis](/source/Bleptina_acastusalis)* Walker, [1859] Puerto Rico
- *[Bleptina aeatusalis](/source/Bleptina_aeatusalis)* Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- *[Bleptina albidiscalis](/source/Bleptina_albidiscalis)* Warren, 1889 Brazil (Amazonas)
- *[Bleptina antinoe](/source/Bleptina_antinoe)* Druce, 1891 Panama
- *[Bleptina araealis](/source/Bleptina_araealis)* (Hampson, 1901) Florida, Antilles
- *[Bleptina athusalis](/source/Bleptina_athusalis)* Schaus, 1916 Cuba
- *[Bleptina atymnusalis](/source/Bleptina_atymnusalis)* (Walker, [1859])
- *[Bleptina baracoana](/source/Bleptina_baracoana)* Schaus, 1916 Cuba
- *[Bleptina bogesalis](/source/Bleptina_bogesalis)* Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- *[Bleptina caradrinalis](/source/Bleptina_caradrinalis)* Guenée, 1854 southern US - Brazil, Antilles, Venezuela, Puerto Rico – bent-winged owlet moth
- *[Bleptina carlona](/source/Bleptina_carlona)* Schaus, 1916 Cuba
- *[Bleptina clara](/source/Bleptina_clara)* Schaus, 1906 Brazil (Paraná)
- *[Bleptina confusalis](/source/Bleptina_confusalis)* Guenée, 1854 Brazil, Venezuela
- *[Bleptina confusaloides](/source/Bleptina_confusaloides)* Poole, 1989 Venezuela
- *[Bleptina cryptoleuca](/source/Bleptina_cryptoleuca)* Prout, 1921 eastern Zaire
- *[Bleptina dejecta](/source/Bleptina_dejecta)* Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
- *[Bleptina diopis](/source/Bleptina_diopis)* (Hampson, 1904) Bahamas
- *[Bleptina eminens](/source/Bleptina_eminens)* Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
- *[Bleptina fasciata](/source/Bleptina_fasciata)* Dognin, 1914 Colombia
- *[Bleptina flaviguttalis](/source/Bleptina_flaviguttalis)* Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
- *[Bleptina frontalis](/source/Bleptina_frontalis)* Walker, 1862 southern Africa
- *[Bleptina hydrillalis](/source/Bleptina_hydrillalis)* Guenée, 1854 southern US, Central America, Antilles
- *[Bleptina infausta](/source/Bleptina_infausta)* Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
- *[Bleptina inferior](/source/Bleptina_inferior)* Grote, 1872 Florida, Alabama, Texas
- *[Bleptina intractalis](/source/Bleptina_intractalis)* Walker, 1862 southern Africa
- *[Bleptina lasaea](/source/Bleptina_lasaea)* Druce, 1891 Panama, Costa Rica
- *[Bleptina latona](/source/Bleptina_latona)* Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
- *[Bleptina madopalis](/source/Bleptina_madopalis)* Guenée, 1854
- *[Bleptina malia](/source/Bleptina_malia)* Druce, 1891 Panama
- *[Bleptina menalcasalis](/source/Bleptina_menalcasalis)* Walker, [1859] Antilles - Venezuela
- *[Bleptina minimalis](/source/Bleptina_minimalis)* Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Arizona
- *[Bleptina muricolor](/source/Bleptina_muricolor)* Schaus, 1916 Cuba
- *[Bleptina nisosalis](/source/Bleptina_nisosalis)* Walker, [1859]
- *[Bleptina niveigutta](/source/Bleptina_niveigutta)* Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
- *[Bleptina obscura](/source/Bleptina_obscura)* Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
- *[Bleptina olearos](/source/Bleptina_olearos)* Dognin, 1914 Colombia
- *[Bleptina ophelasalis](/source/Bleptina_ophelasalis)* Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- *[Bleptina pentheusalis](/source/Bleptina_pentheusalis)* Walker, [1859] Venezuela
- *[Bleptina pithosalis](/source/Bleptina_pithosalis)* Walker, [1859]
- *[Bleptina pollesalis](/source/Bleptina_pollesalis)* Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- *[Bleptina pudesta](/source/Bleptina_pudesta)* Schaus, 1916 Cuba
- *[Bleptina sangamonia](/source/Bleptina_sangamonia)* Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 Illinois
- *[Bleptina styrusalis](/source/Bleptina_styrusalis)* Walker, 1859 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- *[Bleptina syrnialis](/source/Bleptina_syrnialis)* Guenée, 1854 Brazil
- *[Bleptina tenebrosa](/source/Bleptina_tenebrosa)* Mabille, 1900
- *[Bleptina vultura](/source/Bleptina_vultura)* Schaus, 1916 Venezuela

## References

1. Lafontaine, Donald & Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). ["Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico"](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182). *ZooKeys*. '***(40): 26. [doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.40.414)***

1. Zahiri, Reza et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". *Systematic Entomology*. **37**: 102–124. [doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x). [S2CID 84249695](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84249695)

1. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). ["*Bleptina* Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/herminiinae/bleptina/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). ["*Bleptina* Guenée, 1854"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=3998.0). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. [Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum,_London). Retrieved February 15, 2020.

1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). [*The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up). Taylor and Francis. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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