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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Euteliidae » Euteliinae » Paectes » Pygmy Paectes - Hodges#8959 (Paectes pygmaea)

Species Paectes pygmaea - Pygmy Paectes - Hodges#8959

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · 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 Euteliidae
Subfamily Euteliinae
Genus Paectes
Species pygmaea (Pygmy Paectes - Hodges#8959)
Hodges Number
8959
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paectes pygmaea Hübner, 1818
Ingura flabella Grote, 1879
Phylogentic sequence # 931107
Size
Wingspan 19-24 mm. (1)
Larvae to 2 cm (2).
Identification
Adult - recognized by its small size, dark area around forewing PM line, contrasting dark hindwing with white fringe, and lack of blueish-gray seen in P. abstrolella. Male antenna pectinate, female simple. (1)
Larvae - mature larvae are yellowish apple green with yellow spots (Edwards & Elliot, 1883).
Range
Massachusetts to Florida, Michigan, Kansas and eastern Texas. (1)
Food
Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum) (2).
See Also
P. abrostolella is larger, lighter in appearance, blue-gray colored. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae)
E. H. Metzler, J. G. Franclemont . 1991. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(1): 34-41 .
2.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 22 June, 2007 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, George Smiley
Last updated 12 October, 2019 - 1:30pm

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