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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 » Euchaetes perlevis - Hodges#8233 (Euchaetes perlevis)

Species Euchaetes perlevis - Hodges#8233

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pygarctia neomexicana 8251? - Euchaetes perlevis

#1 - Larva preparing to pupate - Euchaetes perlevis

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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 perlevis (Euchaetes perlevis - Hodges#8233)

Hodges Number

8233

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euchaetes perlevis Grote, 1882 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #930407

Explanation of Names

Perlevis is Latin per + levis meaning "very slight" for its "small size." (1)

Size

Wingspan about 23-26 mm. (2), (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. (3)

Food

The larval hosts are milkweeds. (2)

Life Cycle

Prepupal larvae construct a cocoon incorporating the larval hairs. (2)

Remarks

Euchaetes have been extensively studied by chemical ecologists and behaviorists for their use of courtship ultrasound.

See Also

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1882. New Arizonian and Texan moths. Papilio 2(8): 131. (1)

Hampson, G.F. 1901. Arctidae plates. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 3: pl.48, f.19

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

BOLD Systems

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Augustus Radcliffe Grote (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	New Arizonian and Texan moths. Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1882. Papilio 2(8): 131-133.

2.	Euchaetes perlevis

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 17 January, 2011 - 10:54am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 25 November, 2017 - 2:07pm

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