Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Dioptinae » Phryganidia » California Oak Moth - Hodges#8031 (Phryganidia californica)
Photo#536733
California Oak Moth Pupa - Phryganidia californica - female
Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

California Oak Moth Pupa - Phryganidia californica - Female
San Mateo, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 24, 2011
The pupa was attached rigidly to the leaf by the barely visible black threads (the "cremaster"). Phryganidia belongs to the notodontid subfamily Dioptinae, whose pupa hang head down, suspended by a cremaster.

Images of this individual: tag all
California Oak Moth Pupa - Phryganidia californica - female California Oak Moth Pupa - Phryganidia californica - female California Oak Moth Pupa - Phryganidia californica - female California Oak Moth Adult - Phryganidia californica - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 29 June, 2011 - 1:11am
Last updated 5 July, 2011 - 1:05am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact