Species Euchaetes polingi - Hodges#8240

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Euchaetes polingi (Cassino, 1928)

Euchaetias polingi Cassino, 1928

Phylogenetic sequence # 930414

Named in honor of ornithologist and entomologist Otho C. Poling (1879-1929) of Quincy, Illinois. Poling collected throughout the mountains and deserts of the American southwest, including California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas and Utah in two distinct periods (1900-1906 and 1922-1929). Many of his specimens were described by William Barnes and he had fourteen species of moths named for him. (1)

The genus Euchaetes includes 12 species listed for America, north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Cassino (1928) reported the wingspan.

♂ 28 mm.

♀ 37 mm.

Adult description adapted from Cassino (1928).

Forewing is dark gray with no markings; costa has a white edge. Hindwings are also dark gray but often slightly lighter. Underside of both wings a dark gray. Head is black, with a few red hairs behind the eyes; between the head and thorax there a few white hairs. The femur of the front legs, and the base of the palpi have red hairs. Middle and hind legs are black. The dorsal of abdomen is red with black spots on each segment. Ventral of abdomen is dark gray, and the sides are red with a black spot per segment. The end of the males abdomen has red hairs; females have white tips of abdomen. The abdomen of males is a much deeper crimson than the females.

Texas and Oklahoma to Arizona. (4), (5), (6)

Holotype ♂ is labeled Brewster Co., Tex. June 1 1927, "illegible".

Cassino, S.E., 1928. Some new Lasiocampidae. The Lepidopterist, 4(12): 93.

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (7)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)