Pygarctia eglenensis

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Pygarctia eglenensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pygarctia
Species:P. eglenensis
Binomial name
Pygarctia eglenensis
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes eglenensisClemens, 1861
  • Ammalo eglenensis
  • Pareuchaetes eglenensis
  • Euchaetes vividaGrote, 1882

Pygarctia eglenensis, the gray-winged pareuchaetes, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1861. It is found in the US states of Texas and Florida. [1] [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

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Erebidae family of insects

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James Brackenridge Clemens entomologist who specialised in butterflies

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Euchaetes elegans, the elegant pygarctia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas, and in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia.

Pygarctia abdominalis, the yellow-edged pygarctia or orange-bodied pygarctia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1871. It is found in the United States from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas.

Pygarctia angelus is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in Mexico.

Pygarctia flavidorsalis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in the US states of Arizona and Texas. There is also a record for Oklahoma.

Pygarctia haematodes is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921. It is found in Mexico.

Pygarctia lorula is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in the US state of New Mexico.

Pygarctia matudai is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Carlos Rommel Beutelspacher in 1978. It is found in Mexico.

Pygarctia murina, the mouse-colored euchaetias, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in the United States in south-western Utah, from southern Colorado to south-eastern California and in southern Texas.

Pygarctia neomexicana is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes in 1904. It is found in the US states of Texas, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.

Pygarctia pterygostigma is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1909. It is found in Mexico, and in the United States, in New Mexico and southern Texas.

Pygarctia roseicapitis, the red-headed pygarctia moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is found in Mexico and in the United States from southern Arizona to Texas.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia Grote, 1871". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants


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