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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 » Euchaetes » Euchaetes antica - Hodges#8242 (Euchaetes antica)

Species Euchaetes antica - Hodges#8242

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Euchaetes antica pinned specimen - Euchaetes antica - female

Euchaetes antica middle instar larva - Euchaetes antica

Euchaetes antica last instar larva - Euchaetes antica

Euchaetes antica? - Euchaetes antica - female

Female, Euchaetes antica? - Euchaetes antica - female

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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 Euchaetes

Species antica (Euchaetes antica - Hodges#8242)

Hodges Number

8242

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euchaetes antica (Walker, 1856)

Halesidota antica Walker, 1856

Phragmatobia antica

Ctenucha pollinia Boisduval, 1870

Ctenucha salatis Boisduval, 1870

Euchaetes zonalis Grote, 1882

Euchaetias parazona Dyar, 1912

Euchaetias sinaloensis Dyar, 1921

Phylogenetic Sequence # 930416

Size

Forewing length: ♂ 13-15 mm, ♀ 16-20 mm. (1)

Range

AZ-NM - Map (MPG)(1)(2)

Food

Larval foodplant: Funastrium;

Milkweed - Asclepias subverticillata (J. Adams)

Life Cycle

Eggs, Larvae, Larva, adult female:

See Also

A view of the abdomen will help to eliminate the very similar Lichen Moth, Manulea bicolor. (check the range = widespread mostly northern)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.48.8f, 48.10m, p.272 (1)

Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1708.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (2)

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photos of last instar

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 14 February, 2008 - 6:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Ron M., Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 July, 2020 - 2:46pm

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