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- Ascalapha_odorata abstract "The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata bears the common name Black Witch. It is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore. In Spanish it is known as "Mariposa de la muerte" (Mexico & Costa Rica), "Pirpinto de la Yeta" (Argentina), "Tara Bruja" (Venezuela) or simply "Mariposa negra" (Colombia); in Nahuatl (Mexico) it is "Miquipapalotl" or "Tepanpapalotl" (miqui = death, black + papalotl = moth); in Quechua (Peru) it is "Taparaco"; in Mayan (Yucatán) it is "X-mahan-nah" (mahan = to borrow + nah = house); in Jamaica and the Caribbean, the moth is known as the "Duppy Bat" or "Money moth". Other names for the moth include the Papillion-devil, La Sorcière Noire, or the Mourning or Sorrow moth.Ascalapha odorata is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth. Males can attain a wingspan of 16 cm. The dorsal surfaces of their wings are mottled brown with hints of iridescent purple and pink, and, in females, crossed by a white bar. [Males lack this bar.] The diagnostic marking is a small spot on each forewing shaped like a number nine or a comma. This spot is often green with orange highlights. Females are somewhat smaller, reaching 12 cm in width, and lighter in color. The larva is a large caterpillar up to 7 cm in length with intricate patterns of black and greenish brown spots and stripes.The black witch moth is found throughout Central America and Mexico, with its distribution extending from Brazil to the southern United States. It is the largest noctuid found in the continental United States, Adults feed on overripe rainforest fruit, especially bananas, and larvae consume the leaves of plants. Most of its host plants are legumes. It favors Acacia species, Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus), and Candle Bush (Senna alata). It attacks mesquite and edible fig, and can be an agricultural pest.The moth undertakes a northward migration during the late spring and summer, moving up through Central America and entering the northern reaches of its range. During this season individual adults and masses of larvae can be found from Texas to Florida. It is also found in Hawaii, but it is not native to the islands.".
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- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageID "3800866".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageLength "6854".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageOutDegree "47".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageRevisionID "676372905".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink 10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Acacia.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Bahamas.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Banana.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Bananas.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Brazil.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Candle_Bush.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Caribbean.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Caribbean_mythology.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hawaiian_mythology.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mexican_folklore.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_described_in_1758.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_of_Canada.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_of_South_America.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Superstitions_of_Hawaii.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Superstitions_of_Jamaica.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Superstitions_of_Mexico.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Thermesiini.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Central_America.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Deaths-head_Hawkmoth.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Erebidae.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Ficus.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Florida.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Hawaii.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Jamaica.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky_Coffeetree.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky_coffeetree.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Legume.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Legumes.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Mesquite.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Nahuatl.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Noctuidae.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Pupa.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Quechua_language.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Quechuan_languages.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Rainforest.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Rio_Grande_Valley.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Senna_alata.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Southern_United_States.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Texas.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink The_Bahamas.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(novel).
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Thysania_agrippina.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Thysania_zenobia.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink Yucatec_Maya_language.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink File:Ascalapha_odorata_larva.jpg.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLink File:Black_Witch_Moth.jpg.
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ascalapha odorata".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLinkText "Black Witch".
- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageWikiLinkText "duppy bats (black witch moths)".
- Ascalapha_odorata hasPhotoCollection Ascalapha_odorata.
- Ascalapha_odorata imageCaption "Female".
- Ascalapha_odorata imageWidth "250".
- Ascalapha_odorata synonyms "*Erebus odora *Otosema odora *Phalaena Bombyx odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) *Phalaena Bombyx odora (Linnaeus, 1764) *Erebus agarista (Cramer, 1779) *Erebus marquesi (Paulsen in Philippi, 1871)".
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- Ascalapha_odorata wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Superstitions.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Caribbean_mythology.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Hawaiian_mythology.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Mexican_folklore.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Moths_described_in_1758.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Moths_of_Canada.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Moths_of_South_America.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Superstitions_of_Hawaii.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Superstitions_of_Jamaica.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Superstitions_of_Mexico.
- Ascalapha_odorata subject Category:Thermesiini.
- Ascalapha_odorata type Article.
- Ascalapha_odorata type Article.
- Ascalapha_odorata comment "The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata bears the common name Black Witch. It is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore.".
- Ascalapha_odorata label "Ascalapha odorata".
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- Ascalapha_odorata sameAs Micpapalotl.
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- Ascalapha_odorata wasDerivedFrom Ascalapha_odorata?oldid=676372905.
- Ascalapha_odorata depiction Starr_001215_0060_ascalapha_odorata.jpg.
- Ascalapha_odorata isPrimaryTopicOf Ascalapha_odorata.