Phobolosia duomaculata

Double-eyed algibelle
Abablemma duomaculata, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Phobolosia
Species:	P. duomaculata
Binomial name
Phobolosia duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Abablemma duomaculataBarnes & Benjamin, 1925

Phobolosia duomaculata, the double-eyed algibelle, ^{[1] [2]} is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and it is found from southern Texas, south into Mexico. ^[3]

There are probably multiple generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on Physcia species, but probably also feed on other lichens.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Abablemma duomaculata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 23, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Phobolosia duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
3. Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0691150420.