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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Pryeria » Euonymus Leaf Notcher - Hodges#4639.1 (Pryeria sinica)

Species Pryeria sinica - Euonymus Leaf Notcher - Hodges#4639.1

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)
Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)
Genus Pryeria
Species sinica (Euonymus Leaf Notcher - Hodges#4639.1)

Hodges Number

4639.1

Explanation of Names

Pryeria sinica Moore, 1877

Identification

Range

MD & VA (BG data), native to China and Korea

Food

Larvae feed on Euonymus and Celastrus species (Celastraceae)

Life Cycle

larvae feed gregariously

Remarks

first found in MD and VA in 2001; it is spreading - Introduced from Asia

Internet References

Wikipedia
Invasive species of concern in Maryland - MARYLAND INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL
JPMoth.org
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 12 November, 2007 - 12:46am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Chris Grinter
Last updated 28 April, 2017 - 3:51pm

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