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Species Phyprosopus callitrichoides - Curve-lined Owlet - Hodges#8525

Curve-lined Owlet - Phyprosopus callitrichoides

Strange Moth - Species?? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides

unknown moth - Phyprosopus callitrichoides

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Calpinae (Fruit-piercing Moths)

Tribe Calpini

Genus Phyprosopus

Species callitrichoides (Curve-lined Owlet - Hodges#8525)

Hodges Number

8525

Numbers

Uncommon (1)

Size

Wingspan 28-35mm (1)

Range

NH to FL, west to MO and TX (1)

Season

Flies May to August (1)

Food

Greenbriars (1)

Internet References

Georgia Lepidoptera has nice images of the caterpillar and adult moth.

USGS Moth's of North America has a range map.

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 9 March, 2008 - 2:07pm

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