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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) » Pericopina » Phaloesia » Saucy Beauty - Hodges#8039 (Phaloesia saucia)

Species Phaloesia saucia - Saucy Beauty - Hodges#8039

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phaloesia saucia Walker - Phaloesia saucia

Phaloesia saucia adult - Phaloesia saucia

Phaloesia saucia – Saucy Beauty Moth - Phaloesia saucia

Saucy Beauty - Phaloesia saucia - Phaloesia saucia

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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 Pericopina

Genus Phaloesia

Species saucia (Saucy Beauty - Hodges#8039)

Hodges Number

8039

Explanation of Names

Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854

saucia (L). "wounded," may refer to the tiny red wing spots.

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex.

Identification

Range

Three southmost counties of Texas / south to Venezuela

Season

Feb-Dec (MPG)

Food

Larvae host on soldierbush - Tournefortia (Family Boraginaceae)

Host in Texas is Bastard Rat-root, T. volubilis.

Adults use a variety of nectar sources including Crucita, Eupatorium odoratum; Whitebrush, Aloysia gratissima; and Texas Sabal Palm, Sabal texana.

Print References

Kendall, R.O. 1970. A day-flying moth (Pericopidae) new to Texas and the United States. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 24(4): 301-303. (Full PDF)

Knudson, E.C., and C. Bordelon 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths. Texas Lepidoptera Survey. (1)

Internet References

Saucy Beauty - Mike Quinn, 2007

Moth Photograhers Group - MPG

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 29 November, 2007 - 8:44am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 22 May, 2016 - 3:01pm

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