Biology:Halysidota underwoodi
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Short description: Species of moth
| Halysidota underwoodi | |
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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: | Halysidota |
| Species: | H. underwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Halysidota underwoodi Rothschild, 1909
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Halysidota underwoodi, or Underwood's tussock moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[1]
The species was named after Cecil F. Underwood.[2]
The larvae feed on Acalypha species.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Halysidota underwoodi (Rothschild, 1909)". https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/halysidota/#underwoodi. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ↑ Rothschild, L. W. (1909). "Description of some new South American Arctiadae, with notes". Novitates Zoologicae 16: 284. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2996178.
- 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 ☰ Q13532706 entry
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