Species Neoalbertia constans - Grape Leaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4626

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth found in our yard 6/07 - can't get an ID from other sources. - Neoalbertia constans

Grape Leaf Skeletonizer - Neoalbertia constans

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)

Subfamily Procridinae

Genus Neoalbertia

Species constans (Grape Leaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4626)

Hodges Number

4626

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoalbertia constans (Edwards, 1881) (1)

Lycomorpha constans Edwards, 1881

Identification

"Primaries bright orange, with narrow marginal border of black, widest at the apex. Secondaries black, with narrow costal margin of orange. Antennae black. Thorax black on the disc, the outer margin orange. Abdomen black. Tibiae whitish. Tarsi black." (Edwards, 1881)

Food

host plant with Acoloithus rectarius

Remarks

Larvae have stinging setae

Print References

Edwards, Hy. 1881. A new genus and some new forms of North American Zygaenidae. Papilio. 1(5):81

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Southwest Moths

Works Cited

1.	Generische Revision der amerikanischen Zygaenidae mit Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Teil 1. Tarmann, G. 1984. Entomofauna Supplement 2, Vol 1: 1-176.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 October, 2009 - 11:54pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 21 August, 2017 - 9:23am

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