Phaloesia saucia

Phaloesia saucia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Phaloesia
Species:	P. saucia
Binomial name
	Phaloesia saucia; Walker, 1854
Synonyms
	Phaloesia fulvicollis Butler, 1876; Cocastra gentilis Boisduval, 1870; Phaloesia venezuelae Butler, 1876; Phaloesia chalybea Butler, 1876; Phaloesia flaviventris Reich, 1938;

Phaloesia saucia, the Saucy Beauty Moth or Saucy Beauty, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Texas^[1] to Venezuela.^[2]^[3]

Adults are on wing nearly year round. Adults feed on nectar from Crucita, Eupatorium odoratum, Aloysia gratissima and Sabal texana.

The larvae feed on Tournefortia species, including Tournefortia volubilis.^[4]

Taxonomy

Phaloesia fulvicollis was previously wrongly listed as a synonym of Gnophaela aequinoctialis.

References

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] Phaloesia at funet

[3] Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa

[4] Bug Guide

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