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

Pseudohemihyalea sp. - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female

Moth, dorsal - Pseudohemihyalea labecula

Pseudohemihyalea labecula? - Pseudohemihyalea labecula

Arizona Moth - Pseudohemihyalea labecula

Pseudohemihyalea labecula? - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female

Moth, dorsal - Pseudohemihyalea labecula - female

unknown lepidoptera - Pseudohemihyalea labecula

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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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