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unknown moth - Phaloesia saucia
Copyright © 2008 Stan O. Sterba

unknown moth - Phaloesia saucia
San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, USA
November 5, 2008
Caterpillar collected from Tournefortia volubillis and this is the moth that resulted.

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Contributed by Stan O. Sterba on 5 November, 2008 - 10:52am
Last updated 22 May, 2016 - 3:03pm

Looks like
Phaloesia saucia (Saucy Beauty)

http://www.texasento.net/Phaloesia.htm
… John R. Maxwell, 5 November, 2008 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
I think you hit it!
I was about to write that it's definitely in Arctiidae, somewhere near the top of the Hodges numbers for that family--cool. It has a great name!
Saucy Beauty
Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854
Family Arctiidae, Subfamily Arctiinae, Tribe Pericopini
… Nina, 5 November, 2008 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

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