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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 » Pygoctenucha » Pygoctenucha terminalis - Hodges#8244 (Pygoctenucha terminalis)

Species Pygoctenucha terminalis - Hodges#8244

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pygoctenucha terminalis 8244 - Pygoctenucha terminalis - female

Ctenucha? - Pygoctenucha terminalis - male

unknown moth - Cisseps? - Pygoctenucha terminalis

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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 Pygoctenucha

Species terminalis (Pygoctenucha terminalis - Hodges#8244)

Hodges Number

8244

Other Common Names

Blue-green Lichen Moth (Holland, 1915)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pygoctenucha terminalis (Walker)

Orig. Comb: Apistosia terminalis Walker, 1854

Phylogenetic sequence # 930418 (1)

Size

Forewing length 16-19 mm. (2), (3)

Range

AZ-NM-CO - Map (MPG)(2)

Season

Adults fly late-May to early-August. (2)

Food

Larval hosts are milkweeds (Asclepias). (2) Found on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepiadaceae) in southern Arizona. (3)

Remarks

P. terminalis is likely congeneric with Euchaetes (4) and both genera need revision. (5)

Print References

DaCosta, M.A., P. Larson, J.P. Donahue, S.J. Weller, 2006. Phylogeny of milkweed tussocks (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Phaegopterini) and its implications for evolution of ultrasound communication. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(5): 723-742. (4)

Holland, W.J., 1915. The Moth Book. Doubleday, Page & Company. p.111

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 48, fig. 12; p.272 (2)

Schmidt, B.C. & P.A. Opler 2008. Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23 (PDF)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (6)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Pygoctenucha terminalis 8244

4.	Phylogeny of milkweed tussocks (Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Phaegopterini) and its implications for evolution of ... Michelle A. DaCosta, Paul Larson, Julian P. Donahue, Susan J. Weller. 2006. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(5): 723-742.

5.	Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 7 August, 2011 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 November, 2016 - 4:53pm

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