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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Periergosinae » Scevesia » Scevesia angustiora - Hodges#7963 (Scevesia angustiora)

Species Scevesia angustiora - Hodges#7963

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Periergosinae

Genus Scevesia

Species angustiora (Scevesia angustiora - Hodges#7963 )

Hodges Number

7963

Other Common Names

Pink-dotted Oakworm (caterpillar) (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scevesia angustiora (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

Eunotela angustiora Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 (2)

Notela angustiora (69)

Skewesia angustiora

Phylogenetic sequence #930056.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "narrow-bordered," for its "narrow and pointed" primaries. (2)

Size

Wingspan about 42-44 mm. (3), (2)

Identification

Larva - tan with thin black lateral lines, prominent pink spots dorsally, with many smaller raised yellow dots. (1)

Adult- see Barnes & McDunnough's original description in Print References below. (2)

Range

Southern Arizona. (4), (3), (2)

Type location: Palmerlee, Cochise County, Arizona.

Food

Larval hosts are oaks (Quercus).

Print References

Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 42(6): 212. (2)

D.L. Wagner's Caterpillar Biodiversity of the American Southwest (PDF) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (3)

BOLD Systems (5)

Works Cited

1.	Caterpillar Biodiversity of the American Southwest David L. Wagner . 2013. University of Connecticut.

2.	New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera Part 1 & 2 W. Barnes, J. B. McDunnough. 1910. The Canadian Entomologist 42(7): 208-213, 246-252.

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 September, 2014 - 4:07pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 29 January, 2019 - 10:12am

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