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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) » Phaegopterina » Pagara » Mouse-colored Lichen Moth - Hodges#8099 (Pagara simplex)

Species Pagara simplex - Mouse-colored Lichen Moth - Hodges#8099

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

Pagara simplex - Mouse-colored Lichen Moth - Pagara simplex

Mouse-colored Lichen Moth - Pagara simplex

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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 Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Phaegopterina

Genus Pagara

Species simplex (Mouse-colored Lichen Moth - Hodges#8099)

Hodges Number

8099

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

All-Leps shows this now in Arctiinae, Phaegopterini rather than in Lithosiinae

Explanation of Names

Pagara simplex Walker, 1856

Identification

Det. J & J Balaban, 2016

Range

se US (mostly: TX-FL-MD-KS) - Map (MPG, BAMONA)

Season

mostly: Mar-Oct(1), but can be yr round in southern states (BG, MPG data)

Food

Common Milkweed (A. syriaca) - BG data

Green Milkweed (A. viridis) - BG data, BAMONA

Remarks

apparently uncommon (1), never common (in FL) (2)

Print References

Walker, 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1509-1808. (1679)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

2.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 September, 2007 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 June, 2017 - 11:36pm

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