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Species Phoenicoprocta lydia - Hodges#8285.1

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Lydia Tiger Moth - Phoenicoprocta lydia
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Euchromiina
Genus Phoenicoprocta
Species lydia (Phoenicoprocta lydia - Hodges#8285.1)

Hodges Number

8285.1

Other Common Names

Lydia Tiger Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phoenicoprocta lydia (Druce, 1889)
Orig. Comb: Dycladia lydia Druce, 1889

Range

Stray to south Texas, Starr Co. / S. to C. Amer. - Map (MPG)
Type Locality: Tabasco, Mexico

Remarks

1st US record.
Local newspapers will run an article today; and the state parks dept. will run an article throughout Texas on Friday. Maybe it will go national and you can read the article. Fran Bartle, 8 October, 2008

Print References

Druce, H. 1889. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera, Chiefly from Central America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 4: 77-94. Full PDF

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
BAMONA
BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 October, 2008 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, Ron M.
Last updated 1 February, 2022 - 7:06pm

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