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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 » Pygarctia » Pygarctia lorula - Hodges#8252 (Pygarctia lorula)

Species Pygarctia lorula - Hodges#8252

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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 Pygarctia
Species lorula (Pygarctia lorula - Hodges#8252)
Hodges Number
8252
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pygarctia lorula Dyar, 1914
Range
USA: TX, eastern NM.
Cotypes: two males, two females, Kerville, TX; Sabinal, TX; San Antonio. TX.
See Also
Pygarctia roseicapitis (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893), front of head white, not grayish as in lorula.(1)
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1914. New American Lepidoptera. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 2(11): 161.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.A new species of Euchaetes Harris from southern Arizona (Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Raymond B. Nagle, B. Christian Schmidt. 2018. ZooKeys 788: 69-77.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 December, 2023 - 4:39am

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