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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Xerociris » Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth - Hodges#9298 (Xerociris wilsonii)
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Cissus moth - Xerociris wilsonii
Copyright © 2004 Yokabachi

Cissus moth - Xerociris wilsonii
Austin, Texas, USA
July 8, 2004
This is a newly-eclosed moth from a hand-reared caterpillar that feeds on Cow-itch Vine (Cissus trifoliata). The rather large caterpillar made a rather small moth; about thumbnail size.
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Contributed by Yokabachi on 2 September, 2004 - 12:59pm
Last updated 1 September, 2006 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from Eudryas brevipennis.
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2006 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

This is 9298 - Xerociris wilsonii
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 1 September, 2006 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Eudryas brevipennis?
Maybe Eudryas brevipennis?
… Yokabachi, 2 September, 2004 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
And now we have all three NA species for this genus.
… Troy Bartlett, 2 September, 2004 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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