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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Euchromiina » Empyreuma » Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272 (Empyreuma pugione)

Species Empyreuma pugione - Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spotted Oleander Moth? - Empyreuma pugione

unknown flying insect - Empyreuma pugione

What is going on here? - Empyreuma pugione

Moth, Southwest Florida - Empyreuma pugione

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Euchromiina

Genus Empyreuma

Species pugione (Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8272)

Hodges Number

8272

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Empyreuma pugione (Linnaeus)

Orig. Comb: Sphinx pugione Linnaeus, 1767

Explanation of Names

pugione (L). 'a dagger' (1)

Range

Coastal Southern Florida / W. Indies - Map (MPG)

Season

yr round in FL - MPG

Food

Oleander

Life Cycle

1.female with eggs 2.newly laid eggs 3.several day old eggs 4.newly hatched larva 5.older larva 6.cocoon 7.adult

Remarks

The spotted oleander caterpillar is a recent immigrant to the US from the Caribbean, first recorded in Florida in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, in February 1978.

See Also

The spotted oleander caterpillar (above) is considerably less common and less destructive than the oleander caterpillar, Syntomeida epilais (below)

Print References

Weller, S.J., Simmons, R.B., Carlson, A.L. 2004. Empyreuma species and species limits: evidence from morphology and molecules (Arctiidae). Journal of Lepidopterists Society. 58(1): 21-32

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Featured Creatures - University of Florida

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 23 January, 2005 - 10:22pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, marcie oconnor
Last updated 26 September, 2017 - 7:40pm

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