Ascalapha odorata

TaxID: 50432

Basic Information

Ascalapha odorata

Black Witch, black witch

The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of the United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central and South American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Erebidae

Ascalapha

odorata

unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Burkina Faso Absent —

Distribution (48 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
Anguilla Present —
Argentina Present —
Belgium Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bermuda Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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