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Species Cargida pyrrha - Hodges#7964

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Dudusinae

Tribe Dudusini

Genus Cargida

Species pyrrha (Cargida pyrrha - Hodges#7964)

Hodges Number

7964

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cargida pyrrha (Druce, 1898)

Heterocampa pyrrha Druce, 1898

Cargida pyrrha intensa Rothschild, 1917

Phylogenetic sequence # 930052 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet pyrrha from Greek mythology and retold in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Pyrrha is the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Cargida pyrrha as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length. (2)

♂ 17 mm.

♀ 24 mm.

Godfrey (1984) stated the larvae mature to 30-38 mm. (3)

Identification

Godfrey (1984) described the larva as having a black head and body with several lateral yellow and white stripes. (3)

Range

Arizona. (4)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported a flight period of July through September. (2)

Food

Larval foodplant is Ziziphus obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray (lotebush). (3)

Print References

Druce, H., 1898. Supplement Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2: 459

Godfrey, G.L., 1984. Notes on the larva of Cargida pyrrha (Notodontidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 38(2): 88, figs. 1-3. (3)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl.42.2, 42.3; p.250(2)

Rothschild, W., 1917. On some apparently new Notodontidea. Novitates Zoologicae, 17: 232

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

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

3.	Notes on the larva of Cargida pyrrha (Notodontidae) George L. Godfrey. 1984. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(2): 88-91.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 August, 2008 - 9:18pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 March, 2023 - 3:41pm

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