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Family Thyrididae - Window-winged Moths

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Moth - Thyris maculata Spotted Moth - Pseudothyris sepulchralis Eyed dysodia, Dysodaia oculatana Hodges #6078? - Dysodia granulata Not sure about this - Thyris maculata Moth - Thyris maculata Thyris sepulchralis - Mournful Thyris - Hodges#6077 - Pseudothyris sepulchralis Thyrididae, Window-winged Moth larva, lateral - Dysodia oculatana Dysodia oculatana - Eyed Dysodia Moth - Hodges#6078 - Dysodia
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Thyridoidea (Window-winged Moths)
Family Thyrididae (Window-winged Moths)

Other Common Names

Leaf Moths (1)

Identification

There is considerable variety among N. Amer. spp. (1)

Life Cycle

Many spp. are day-fliers (2)

Works Cited

1.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 30 pp., 18 plates.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 March, 2016 - 10:36am

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