Pygarctia murina | |
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Pygarctia murina. Texas Canyon Rest Area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Pygarctia |
Species: | P. murina |
Binomial name | |
Pygarctia murina (Stretch, 1885) | |
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Pygarctia murina, the mouse-colored euchaetias, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in the United States in south-western Utah, from southern Colorado to south-eastern California and in southern Texas.
The wingspan is 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to September.
Larvae feed on Euphorbia species and have also been reared on Funastrum species. They reach a length of about 22 mm when fully grown. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon within surface debris.
References
- Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia Grote, 1871". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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Pygarctia murina |
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