Biology:Acsala
| Acsala | |
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| Acsala anomala | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Acsalina |
| Genus: | Acsala Benjamin, 1935 |
| Species: | A. anomala
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| Binomial name | |
| Acsala anomala Benjamin, 1935
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Acsala is a monotypic genus of lichen moth in the monotypic subtribe Acsalina of the family Erebidae. Its single species, Acsala anomala, has Hodges number 8104.1[1] and is known from the US (Alaska) and Canada (Yukon).[2]
Behavior
Eggs are deposited in a single layer on the underside of rocks, in batches of up to thirty, and take eight to ten days to hatch.[3] Larvae feed on rock-growing lichens, with a strong preference for black foliose and crustose lichens.[3] Species of Buellia, Lecidea, Orphniospora, Parmelia and Umbilicaria have been recorded as food sources.[2][3]
Adult males possess weak flight and are day-active; females are flightless and spend much of their time under rocks.[3]
Appearance
Freshly laid eggs are red-orange, and later turn pale orange.[3] Larvae have barbed setae.[3] Adult males have broad wings with a wingspan of 27–28 mm, while adult females possess narrow (Template:In") wings.[2] Wing venation is variable.[3]
Taxonomy
Acsala anomala and its genus were both first described by Foster H. Benjamin in 1935.[4][5] Subtribe Acsalina was introduced in 1983 by Franclemont, but remained a nomen nudum until a formal description was given in 1999 by Amel Bendib and Joël Minet.[2]
References
- ↑ "Acsala anomala – 8104.1". Mississippi Entomological Museum. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8104.1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bendib, Amel; Minet, Joël (1 September 1999). "Lithosiine main lineages and their possible interrelationships. I. - Definition of new or resurrected tribes (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France 35 (3). https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61281106/f15.item. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Lafontaine, J. Donald; Franclemont, John G.; Ferguson, Douglas C. (1982). "Classification and Life History of Acsala anomala (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 36 (3): 218–226. http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1980s/1982/1982-36(3)218-Lafontaine.pdf.
- ↑ Benjamin, Foster H. (1935). "A New Genus and Species from Alaska (Lepid., Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae". The Canadian Entomologist 67 (9): 195–197. doi:10.4039/Ent67195-9. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/new-genus-and-species-from-alaska-lepid-arctiidae-nyctemerinae/5854232A2DACB982526308A9157B28C4.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acsala Benjamin, 1935". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/acsala/. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q4676585 entry
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