Biology:Phobolosia duomaculata

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Short description: Species of moth

Phobolosia duomaculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phobolosia
Species:
P. duomaculata
Binomial name
Phobolosia duomaculata
Barnes & Benjamin, 1925[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Abablemma duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925

Phobolosia duomaculata, the double-eyed algibelle,[1][2] is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and it is found from southern Texas , south into Mexico.[3]

There are probably multiple generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on Physcia species, but probably also feed on other lichens.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Abablemma duomaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=272817. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Savela, Markku. "Phobolosia duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hypenodinae/phobolosia/#duomaculata. Retrieved June 11, 2019. 
  3. Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling; Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420. 

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