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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 » Euchaetes

Genus Euchaetes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Milkweed Tussock moth caterpillar? - Euchaetes egle

Euchaetes egle - Milkweed Tussock Moth - Hodges#8238 - Euchaetes egle

#8232 - Euchaetes zella - Euchaetes zella

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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 Euchaetes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author of genus is Harris, 1841

Protomolis Hampson 1901 Syn.

Stenophaea Hampson 1901 Syn.

Euchaetias Lyman 1902 Syn.

Explanation of Names

Apparently a compound of Greek eu-, thoroughly, well, plus Greek chaete(s), bristle. This makes sense in reference to the caterpillar, which is thoroughly bristled.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 12 species.

albicosta (Walker, 1855)

antica (Walker, 1856)

bolteri Stretch, 1885

castalla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

egle (Drury, 1773)

elegans Stretch, 1874

fusca (Rothschild, 1910)

gigantea (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

helena (Cassino, 1928)

perlevis Grote, 1882

polingi (Cassino, 1928)

zella (Dyar, 1902)

Identification

Adults - males are always much smaller than females and are often more wasplike in appearance (1)

Range

E. egle is eastern. About 12 species occur in Texas and the southwest (2).

Food

larvae feed in clusters on various milkweeds (1)

Remarks

both sexes atracted to lights (1)

Print References

Wagner, p. 474--photos of larva and adult of E. egle (2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 October, 2011 - 4:10pm

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