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Species Pseudohemihyalea labecula - Freckled Glassy-wing - Hodges#8221

Representative Images

Arctiid - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female Tiger moth at light - Pseudohemihyalea labecula Moth, spread dorsal - Pseudohemihyalea labecula Arizona Moth - Pseudohemihyalea labecula Arizona Moth - Pseudohemihyalea labecula Moth, dorsal - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female Clearwing Moth in Flagstaff, Arizona - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female Pseudohemihyalea labecula ? - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female
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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 Pseudohemihyalea
Species labecula (Freckled Glassy-wing - Hodges#8221)

Hodges Number

8221

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudohemihyalea labecula (Grote, 1881)
Halisidota labecula Grote, 1881
Hemihyalea labecula
Phylogenetic sequence #930382.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "stained, blemished (freckled)".

Size

Forewing length 21-29 mm. (1)

Identification

Pseudohemihyalea identification

Range

Southern Nevada, Utah, Colorado through Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas. (1)

Season

Adults fly July through early September. (1)

Food

Hosts unknown but probably include oaks. (1)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1881. Moths collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico, with list of Eudriini. Papilio 1(9): 174.
Holland, W.J., 1915. The Moth Book. Doubleday, Page & Company. 139, pl.14, f.7 (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler. 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.48.24m, p.273 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - comparison of southern Arizona's Pseudohemihyalea species

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 August, 2012 - 12:09pm
Additional contributions by Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 September, 2023 - 9:52am

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