Phaloesia saucia

Phaloesia saucia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phaloesia
Species: P. saucia
Binomial name
Phaloesia saucia
Walker, 1854
Synonyms
  • Phaloesia fulvicollis Butler, 1876
  • Cocastra gentilis Boisduval, 1870
  • Phaloesia venezuelae Butler, 1876
  • Phaloesia chalybea Butler, 1876
  • Phaloesia flaviventris Reich, 1938

Phaloesia saucia, the Saucy Beauty Moth or Saucy Beauty, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Texas[1] to Venezuela.[2][3]

Adults are on wing nearly year round. Adults feed on nectar from Crucita, Eupatorium odoratum, Aloysia gratissima and Sabal texana.

The larvae feed on Tournefortia species, including Tournefortia volubilis.[4]

Taxonomy

Phaloesia fulvicollis was previously wrongly listed as a synonym of Gnophaela aequinoctialis.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Phaloesia at funet
  3. ↑ Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa
  4. ↑ Bug Guide
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