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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)

Species Xerociris wilsonii - Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth - Hodges#9298

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Caterpillar - black and orange with paddle-like setae - Xerociris wilsonii Xerociris wilsonii Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth - Hodges #9298 - Xerociris wilsonii Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth - Hodges #9298 - Xerociris wilsonii Caterpillar unknown - Xerociris wilsonii Please help us to identify this gem. - Xerociris wilsonii Xerociris wilsonii - Xerociris wilsonii every time i learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain- Homer Simpson - Xerociris wilsonii
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Agaristinae
Genus Xerociris
Species wilsonii (Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth - Hodges#9298)
Hodges Number
9298
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xerociris wilsonii (Grote, 1863)
Ciris wilsonii Grote, 1863
Phylogenetic sequence # 931963
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson
Numbers
The only Xerociris species found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Wingspan is 35-38 mm. (2)
Identification
In Eudryas species if the hindwing was partially visible as in these photos it would appear to be yellow with a red border. X. wilsonii has a rather distinctive marking along the inner margin that also differs from all species of Eudryas, otherwise the forewings are fairly similar.
-- Bob Patterson
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Range
South-Central Oklahoma to San Luis Potosi, Mexico - Map (2),(MPG)
Possibly ranging west into Durango, Mexico, with an isolated population (or separate species) in southern Baja California (iNaturalist).
Season
Adults fly February to November (3)(2)(BG data)
Food
Sorrelvine, Cissus trifoliata (Vitaceae) (2)
Remarks
locally common (4)
See Also
Eudryas grata

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Eudryas unio
Print References
Crumb, S.E. 1956. The larvae of the Phalaenidae U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Technical Bulletin no. 1135 p. 11 (view)
Internet References
Moth Photographer Group - MPG
nearctica.com
Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 September, 2006 - 4:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, David Ferguson, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 8:06pm

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