Pygarctia roseicapitis

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Pygarctia roseicapitis
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Tiger Moth Caterpillar
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pygarctia
Species:
P. roseicapitis
Binomial name
Pygarctia roseicapitis
(Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cycnia elegans var. roseicapitisNeumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Euchaetes roseicapitis

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 [2] and in the United States from southern Arizona to Texas.

The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on various Euphorbiaceae species, including Chamaesyce hyssopifolia . Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 30 mm. [3]

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References

  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia Grote, 1871". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  3. Bug Guide