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]

Euchaetes elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Euchaetes
Species:
E. elegans
Binomial name
Euchaetes elegans
Stretch, 1874
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes elegans Stretch, 1875
  • Cycnia elegans
  • Pygarctia elegans

Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Asclepias species. [3]

References

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  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Bug Guide