Pseudohemihyalea syracosia

Pseudohemihyalea syracosia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1889. It was formerly believed to be a synonym of Pseudohemihyalea ambigua. It is found from Michoacán, Mexico to Honduras.

Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species:
P. syracosia
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
(H. Druce, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota syracosia H. Druce, 1889

The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species.

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  • Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext