Phoenicoprocta capistrata

Phoenicoprocta capistrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Phoenicoprocta
Species:	P. capistrata
Binomial name
	Phoenicoprocta capistrata; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Zygaena capistrata Fabricius, 1775; Bombiliodes capistrata; Laemocharis selecta Herrich-Schäffer [1854]; Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926; Glaucopis eximia Herrich-Schäffer, 1866; Phoenicoprocta eximia;

Phoenicoprocta capistrata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Caribbean and Brazil.^[2]

Adult females have two colour morphs, one orange reddish and the other blue. The latter was formerly considered a distinct species or variant of Phoenicoprocta capistrata.

The larvae feed on Serjania diversifolia.

References

^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.
^ Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata

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[1] Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 29, 2012.

[2] Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata

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