Pygarctia murina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pygarctia |
| Species: | P. murina
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| Pygarctia murina | |
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Pygarctia murina, the mouse-colored euchaetias, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1885. It is found in the United States in south-western Utah, from southern Colorado to south-eastern California and in southern Texas.
The wingspan is 26–33 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to September.[2]
Larvae feed on Euphorbia species and have also been reared on Funastrum species. They are purple brown or blue gray with a narrow lemon-yellow subdorsal stripe and a wide yellow stripe below the spiracles. There are black pencil tufts and longer white hairs. The head is dark orange with orange hairs. They reach a length of about 22 mm when fully grown. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon within surface debris.[3]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia Grote, 1871". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum