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Species Calidota laqueata - Streaked Calidota - Hodges#8224

Streaked Calidota - Calidota laqueata - male Streaked Calidota - Calidota laqueata - male Streaked Calidota - Calidota laqueata - male Streaked Calidota - Calidota laqueata - male 8224 – Streaked Calidota Moth - Calidota laqueata 8224 – Streaked Calidota Moth - Calidota laqueata Moth at blacklight - Calidota laqueata
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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 Calidota
Species laqueata (Streaked Calidota - Hodges#8224)
Hodges Number
8224
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Calidota strigosa
described in 1886 by Edwards, who originally placed it in genus Halisidota
Numbers
the only species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps
9 other species of Calidota occur from Mexico to South America
Size
wingspan about 54 mm, based on photo by Bruce Walsh
Range
southern United States (Florida and Arizona) to Central America
Food
larvae feed on Hammock Velvetseed (Guettarda elliptica) and probably related plants in the west where that species doesn't occur
Remarks
This is the type species of the genus Calidota.
Internet References
pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
common name reference plus synonyms, distribution, references, and larval foodplant (Markku Savela, FUNET)