Pseudohemihyalea ambigua

Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (female)
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Cossina
Family: Arctiidae
Tribe: Phaegopterini
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species: P. ambigua
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
(Strecker, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota ambigua Strecker, 1878
  • Seirarctia bolteri Edwards, 1885
  • Aemilia ambigua

The Red-banded Aemilia (Pseudohemihyalea ambigua) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from southern Wyoming to Durango, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is about 24 mm for females and 22 mm in males. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa.

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