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Species Euchaetes bolteri - Hodges#8241

Black moth, red abdomen - Euchaetes bolteri - male Euchaetes bolteri - Hodges #8241 - Euchaetes bolteri - female ID Request - Euchaetes bolteri - female ID Request - Euchaetes bolteri - female Caterpillar ID Request - Euchaetes bolteri Hodges#8241 - Euchaetes bolteri - female Euchaetes bolteri Euchaetes bolteri - male
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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 bolteri (Euchaetes bolteri - Hodges#8241)
Hodges Number
8241
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euchaetes bolteri Stretch, 1885
Euchaetes epagoga Dyar, 1913
Euchaetes jalapa, Strand, 1919
Phylogenetic sequence # 930415
Identification

male......................female
Range
Texas south into Mexico. (1)
Season
Adults seen late March to (May?)
Remarks
species page created based on this photograph identified by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.