Euchaetes elegans
Euchaetes elegans, the elegant pygarctia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas,[1] and in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia.[2]
| Euchaetes elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Euchaetes |
| Species: | E. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchaetes elegans Stretch, 1874 | |
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The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are smaller and the dorsal abdomen is entirely crimson, while the last segment is white in females. Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Asclepias species. Early instar larvae feed communally. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 28 mm. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon on the host plant.[3]
References
- Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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