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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) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Ptychoglene » Ptychoglene phrada - Hodges#8080 (Ptychoglene phrada)
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Ptychoglene phrada
Copyright © 2007 Bob Beatson

Ptychoglene phrada
S. Fork Cave Crk., Chiricahua Mts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Not the best shot, but maybe good enough for ID?? Anybody know what it is?
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 3 August, 2007 - 1:18pm
Last updated 3 August, 2007 - 3:25pm

Fantastik Foto! One to Drool Over
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 4 August, 2007 - 3:13am login or register to post comments

Maybe
a lichen moth? Lycomorpha pholus, though the red on yours is more extensive
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 August, 2007 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Will. Guessed at a lichen moth after posting. Looked at Walsh's SE AZ site and found Lycomorpha fulgens. Sure looks the same red, but will wait confirmation. I'll check out pholus now also.
… Bob Beatson, 3 August, 2007 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Close ...
... but this is a Ptychoglene phrada, # 8080. You can distinguish it from the several other similar looking Arctiids by the more extensive black terminal/subterminal area, and the two small black peaks pointing back basally.
… Jason D. Roberts, 3 August, 2007 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again
J.D. Ptychoglene p. was listed a few entries down on Walsh's site, but thought I had a match so didn't look any further. Glad I waited for confirmation!
… Bob Beatson, 3 August, 2007 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
My pleasure ...
... as always. I'm sure we've all had that "Eureka! That's it!" moment while IDing an insect ... only to find out we stopped just short. I know I have. :)

I went ahead and created a species page and moved the photo to it. I think that's a great image by the way. You'd be hard pressed to find a shot of a living phrada, much less an image as fantastic as yours.
… Jason D. Roberts, 3 August, 2007 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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