Genus Matigramma

Classification · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

I believe this may be a specimen of New Mexico carpet moth, Archirhoe neomexicana, from southeastern Arizona? - Matigramma

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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 Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Matigramma

Identification

Adult - The moths of this genus are all similar in pattern and color, forewing variably reddish-brown to brownish-gray or blackish with wavy, scalloped, and/or jagged lines; hindwing similar but usually paler, especially toward base. The genus differs from Zale, to which it is related, by the shorter palpi, the absence of tufts on the dorsum of the abdomen, and the less developed tufts on the legs.(1)

Range

Southern and southcentral United States: Arizona to Florida, north to Kentucky and Kansas; also occurs in Mexico.

Food

Known hosts include various acacias, oaks and rabbitbush.

Print References

Franclemont, J. G. 1986. New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Journal Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 143-172 (PDF)

Kons, H. R. Jr. & R. J. Borth. 2019. Notes on the genus Matigramma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Erebinae]. Southern Lepidopterists' News 41(1):5-19

Works Cited

1.	New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma John G. Franclemont. 1986. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 143-172.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 January, 2007 - 9:49pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 August, 2024 - 12:54pm

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