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Species Ptychoglene coccinea - Hodges#8079

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Cisthenina
Genus Ptychoglene
Species coccinea (Ptychoglene coccinea - Hodges#8079)
Hodges Number
8079
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ptychoglene coccinea (Hy. Edwards, 1886)
Lycomorpha coccinea Hy. Edwards, 1886
Phylogenetic sequence # 930208
Identification
Range
Arizona.
Season
Adults are most common from June to September. (1)
Food
The larval host plant is uncertain.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1898. New American moths and synonymical notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 6(1): 34, 39, 40. (2)
Hampson, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement 1: 547.