Acsala | |
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Acsala anomala | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Acsalina |
Genus: |
Acsala Benjamin, 1935 |
Species: | A. anomala
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Binomial name | |
Acsala anomala Benjamin, 1935
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Acsala is a monotypic genus of lichen moth in the monotypic subtribe Acsalina of the family Erebidae. Its single species, Acsala anomala, has Hodges number 8104.1 [1] and is known from the US ( Alaska) and Canada ( Yukon). [2]
Eggs are deposited in a single layer on the underside of rocks, in batches of up to thirty, and take eight to ten days to hatch. [3] Larvae feed on rock-growing lichens, with a strong preference for black foliose and crustose lichens. [3] Species of Buellia, Lecidea, Orphniospora, Parmelia and Umbilicaria have been recorded as food sources. [2] [3]
Adult males possess weak flight and are day-active; females are flightless and spend much of their time under rocks. [3]
Freshly laid eggs are red-orange, and later turn pale orange. [3] Larvae have barbed setae. [3] Adult males have broad wings with a wingspan of 27–28 mm, while adult females possess narrow (“stenopterous”) wings. [2] Wing venation is variable. [3]
Acsala anomala and its genus were both first described by Foster H. Benjamin in 1935. [4] [5] Subtribe Acsalina was introduced in 1983 by Franclemont, but remained a nomen nudum until a formal description was given in 1999 by Amel Bendib and Joël Minet. [2]
Acsala | |
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Acsala anomala | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Acsalina |
Genus: |
Acsala Benjamin, 1935 |
Species: | A. anomala
|
Binomial name | |
Acsala anomala Benjamin, 1935
|
Acsala is a monotypic genus of lichen moth in the monotypic subtribe Acsalina of the family Erebidae. Its single species, Acsala anomala, has Hodges number 8104.1 [1] and is known from the US ( Alaska) and Canada ( Yukon). [2]
Eggs are deposited in a single layer on the underside of rocks, in batches of up to thirty, and take eight to ten days to hatch. [3] Larvae feed on rock-growing lichens, with a strong preference for black foliose and crustose lichens. [3] Species of Buellia, Lecidea, Orphniospora, Parmelia and Umbilicaria have been recorded as food sources. [2] [3]
Adult males possess weak flight and are day-active; females are flightless and spend much of their time under rocks. [3]
Freshly laid eggs are red-orange, and later turn pale orange. [3] Larvae have barbed setae. [3] Adult males have broad wings with a wingspan of 27–28 mm, while adult females possess narrow (“stenopterous”) wings. [2] Wing venation is variable. [3]
Acsala anomala and its genus were both first described by Foster H. Benjamin in 1935. [4] [5] Subtribe Acsalina was introduced in 1983 by Franclemont, but remained a nomen nudum until a formal description was given in 1999 by Amel Bendib and Joël Minet. [2]