Biology:Euchaetes elegans
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Short description: Species of insect
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on Asclepias species. [3]
References
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/euchaetes/. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
Wikidata ☰ Q13529684 entry
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