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)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)
