Chloronycta

Chloronycta
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Acronictinae
Genus:	Chloronycta; Schmidt & Anweiler in Schmidt, Wagner, Zacharczenko, Zahiri & Anweiler, 2014
Species:	C. tybo
Binomial name
	Chloronycta tybo; (Barnes, 1904)
Synonyms
	Moma tybo Barnes, 1904; Agriopodes tybo;

Chloronycta is a currently monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by B. Christian Schmidt and Gary G. Anweiler in 2014. Its only species, Chloronycta tybo, was first described by William Barnes in 1904.^[1] It is found in mountainous regions from Mexico to south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, north to the Sierra Madre Occidental. The habitat consists of canyons and mid-elevation wooded areas, particularly riparian corridors.

Undescribed *Chloronycta* species from Turundeo, Mexico

The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 36 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January and from July to September.^[2]

The larvae feed on Fraxinus velutina. The first two larval instars are leaf skeletonizers that remove patches of leaf tissue from the lower leaf surface. Middle and late instars feed from a leaf edge, always from the underside of a blade. Last-instar larva reach a length of about 26 mm. They are waxy green with a pale green head. Prior to pupation, the larvae tunnel into punky wood (when available) to form a pupal crypt. This crypt is largely free of silk, with the exception of that used to weave the frass-silk cover.^[3]

There is also an undescribed species from Mexico.^[3]

Gallery

Early-instar larva
Penultimate-instar larva
Ultimate-instar larva

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (July 26, 2019). "Chloronycta Schmidt & Anweiler in Schmidt, Wagner, Zacharczenko, Zahiri & Anweiler, 2014". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ Murray, Tom (August 13, 2014). "Species Chloronycta tybo - Hodges#9283". BugGuide. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Schmidt, B. C. et al. (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 421: 115-137. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.7424 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (July 26, 2019). "Chloronycta Schmidt & Anweiler in Schmidt, Wagner, Zacharczenko, Zahiri & Anweiler, 2014". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[2] Murray, Tom (August 13, 2014). "Species Chloronycta tybo - Hodges#9283". BugGuide. Retrieved June 17, 2019.

[Schmidt-3] Schmidt, B. C. et al. (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 421: 115-137. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.7424 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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