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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Halysidota |
Species: | H. schausi
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Binomial name | |
Halysidota schausi
Rothschild, 1909
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Synonyms | |
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Halysidota schausi, or Schaus' tussock moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. [1] It is found from Texas and Mexico to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. [2] It is also found on Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.
Adults are mainly on wing in autumn. [3]
The larvae feed on Cestrum nocturnum.
Halysidota schausi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Halysidota |
Species: | H. schausi
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Binomial name | |
Halysidota schausi
Rothschild, 1909
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Synonyms | |
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Halysidota schausi, or Schaus' tussock moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. [1] It is found from Texas and Mexico to Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. [2] It is also found on Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.
Adults are mainly on wing in autumn. [3]
The larvae feed on Cestrum nocturnum.