Bent-Winged Owlet
Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Lepidoptera |
| Family | Erebidae |
| Genus | Bleptina |
| Species | Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Alabama.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama
Counties
- Alabama
- Morgan
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- SNR Unranked
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Anderson, C.L., Maxwell, E.C., Midgette, H., Quering, C., Richards, M., Wilson, K. & Wirwa, N. 2025. A noteworthy range extension of the federally endangered Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) south of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 24: N47-N58. doi:10.1656/058.024.0403
How to cite this account
Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1532. https://cavebiology.org/species/bleptina-caradrinalis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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