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Species Ptychoglene phrada - Hodges#8080

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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 phrada (Ptychoglene phrada - Hodges#8080)
Hodges Number
8080
Other Common Names
Druce's Lichen Moth (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ptychoglene phrada Druce, 1889
Ptychoglene flammans Dyar, 1898 (39)
Size
Forewing length 10-14 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - Forewing is red with black terminal/subterminal area. Along edge of black subterminal area, two small peaks point back basally. Also has very small amount of black in FW basal area. Hindwing is mostly black with red patch in basal area near margin. Body is black.
Range
Mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. (2) South into Mexico.
Season
Adults in July and August. (2)
Print References
Druce, Herbert, 1889. Descriptions of new species of lepidoptera, chiefly from Central America. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology IV: 90
Holland, W.J., 1922. The Moth Book. Doubleday, Page & Company: 110, pl.13, f.28
Works Cited
1.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.