Pygarctia murina
| Pygarctia murina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Pygarctia |
| Species: | P. murina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygarctia murina (Stretch, 1885)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Pygarctia murina, the Mouse-colored Euchaetias, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Stretch in 1885. It is found in south-western Utah, from southern Colorado to south-eastern California and in southern Texas.
The wingspan is 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to September.[2]
Larvae feed on Euphorbia species and have also been reared on Funastrum species. They are purple-brown or blue-grey with a narrow lemon yellow subdorsal stripe and a wide yellow stripe below the spiracles. There are black pencil tufts and longer white hairs. The head is dark orange with orange hairs. They reach a length of about 22 mm when fully grown. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon within surface debris.[3]
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.