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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Phytometrini » Phytometra » Pink-Bordered Yellow - Hodges#8481 (Phytometra rhodarialis)

Species Phytometra rhodarialis - Pink-Bordered Yellow - Hodges#8481

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Phytometra
Species rhodarialis (Pink-Bordered Yellow - Hodges#8481)
Hodges Number
8481
Numbers
One of five Neartic species in the genus.
Size
Wingspan about 20 mm.
Identification
The forewing is yellow and has a pink band along the basal half of the leading edge.
About the rear 2/5ths of the forewing is pink too (viewed at rest).
Print References
Covell, page 320.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 27 July, 2006 - 2:13pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 28 May, 2022 - 10:32pm

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