Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa

Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sonora, Mexico in the upper elevation pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa
Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa (female)
Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species:
P. sonorosa
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea sonorosa
Schmidt, 2009

The length of the forewings is about 26 mm for males and 31 mm for females. Adults are on wing in September.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species.

  • Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext


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