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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Cryptophobetron » Cryptophobetron oropeso - Hodges#4674 (Cryptophobetron oropeso)

Species Cryptophobetron oropeso - Hodges#4674

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

gray and white moth - Cryptophobetron oropeso

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Genus Cryptophobetron

Species oropeso (Cryptophobetron oropeso - Hodges#4674 )

Hodges Number

4674

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cryptophobetron oropeso (Barnes, 1905)

Limacodes oropeso Barnes, 1905

Size

Forewing length 7-10 mm. (1)

Identification

Range

Western Texas; Baja California to southern Arizona and north to Nevada. (2), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Dry areas where Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo) is found.

Season

Adults are first seen during March in Arizona and July to September in other areas.(1)

Food

Larvae have been found on Fouquieria splendens Engelm. (ocotillo), and likely uses other plants. (1)

See Also

Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes, W. 1905. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 37: 215.

Dyar, H.G. 1906. List of American cochlidian moths, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29: 390. (3)

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 20.45, p. 163.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

lepbarcoding.org

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

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

2.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

3.	A list of North American cochlidian moths, with descriptions of new genera and species Harrison G. Dyar. 1905. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29(1423): 359-396.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 July, 2012 - 4:52pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 10:46pm

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