Euchaetes elegans, the elegant pygarctia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas,[1] and in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Euchaetes |
Species: | E. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Euchaetes elegans Stretch, 1874
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Adults are on wing from July to September.
References
edit- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum