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Species Seirarctia echo - Echo Moth - Hodges#8130

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Everglades Caterpillar - Seirarctia echo Echo Moth, Seirarctia echo #8130 - Seirarctia echo - male Echo moth - Seirarctia echo caterpillar - Seirarctia echo Seirarctia echo moth, ID help please - Seirarctia echo - male Echo Moth - Seirarctia echo Seirarctia echo
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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 Spilosomina
Genus Seirarctia
Species echo (Echo Moth - Hodges#8130)

Hodges Number

8130

Explanation of Names

Seirarctia echo (Smith, 1797)

Size

Caterpillar to 45mm

Identification

Caterpillar: "Fire orange with black and yellow bands across dorsum. Setae, mostly black, arising from raised orange warts...Spiracles bright white."(1)

Range

GA south through FL, west through MS

Habitat

Thickets, scrub, flatwoods and open habitats

Food

"Coontie, cabbage palmetto, crotons, lupine, oaks, persimmon and other woody plants" (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Discover Life
EoL

Works Cited

1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Tony on 16 March, 2006 - 5:02am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, metrioptera, Steve Morris
Last updated 19 April, 2023 - 4:37pm

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