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Species Seirarctia echo - Echo Moth - Hodges#8130

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)
Tribe Arctiini
Genus Seirarctia
Species echo (Echo Moth - Hodges#8130)
Hodges Number
8130
Size
Caterpillar to 45mm
Identification
Caterpillar: "Fire orange with black and yelow bands across dorsum. Setae, mostly black, arising from raised orange warts...Spiracles bright white."(1)
Range
GA south through FL, west through MS
Habitat
Thickets, scrubwoods and open habitats
Food
"Coontie, cabbage palmetto, crotons, lupie, oaks, persimmon and other woody plants" (1)
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
Contributed by Tony-2 on 16 March, 2006 - 5:02am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, anitagould
Last updated 16 September, 2007 - 11:51am

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