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Pseudohemihyalea syracosia

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Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species:
P. syracosia
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
(H. Druce, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota syracosia H. Druce, 1889

Pseudohemihyalea syracosia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1889. It was formerly believed to be a synonym of Pseudohemihyalea ambigua. It is found from Michoacán, Mexico to Honduras.

The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae probably feed on Pinus species.

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  • Schmidt, B. Christian (2009): Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). ZooKeys 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149 PDF fulltext