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

Xerociris wilsonii Caterpillar unknown - Xerociris wilsonii Xerociris wilsonii moth - Xerociris wilsonii Wilson's wood-nymph moth caterpillar - Xerociris wilsonii UnknownCaterpillar11 - Xerociris wilsonii Wilson's Wood-nymph Xerociris wilsonii  - Xerociris wilsonii 95.005 - 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)
Print References
Crumb, S.E. 1956. The larvae of the Phalaenidae U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Technical Bulletin no. 1135 p. 11 (view)