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Species Euchaetes fusca - Hodges#8234

Pygarctia murina? or close - Euchaetes fusca

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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

Species fusca (Euchaetes fusca - Hodges#8234)

Hodges Number

8234

Explanation of Names

Euchaetes fusca (Rothschild, 1910)

original combination Pygarctia fusca Rothschild, 1910; Novit. Zool. 17(2): 175

* phylogenetic sequence #930408

Food

larvae of this genus feed in clusters on various milkweeds(1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 January, 2010 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 July, 2012 - 12:39pm

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