Bycombia

Bycombia verdugoensis is a moth in the subfamily Thyatirinae and only member of the genus Bycombia. It was described by Hill in 1927.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern California.

Bycombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Bycombia Benjamin, 1938
Species:	B. verdugoensis
Binomial name
Bycombia verdugoensis (Hill, 1927)
Synonyms
Bombycia verdugoensis Hill, 1927

The wingspan is about 33 mm for females and 30 mm for males.[2] The forewings are blackish grey, tinged with rufous and irrorated[3] with black. The basal line is obsolescent and there is double black line which is waved and jet black distally. The space between the double lines is tinged with rufous. The median line is blackish and there is an oblique black apical dash connected to a pale waved line, as well as a thin black terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous.[4] Adults are on wing from January to April.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bycombia verdugoensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
2. North American Moth Photographers Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum (n.d.) Bycombia verdugoensis – (Hill, 1927) Retrieved 23 Jan 2019.
3. Entomology, "Marked with minute dots of color: said especially of the wings of lepidopters when numerous single scales differ from the ground color." The Century Dictionary, Vol VI, Page 3191, Irritable to -Is. Retrieved 23 Jan 2019.
4. Hill, Charles A. (1927). Three new moths from the Southwest. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences, 26(6-7). Retrieved 23 Jan 2019

External links

1. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bycombia verdugoensis (Hill, 1927). Sightings and historical record.