Thurberiphaga
Appearance
Thurberiphaga | |
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Thurberiphaga diffusa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
Tribe: | Chamaecleini |
Genus: | Hemioslaria Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 |
Species: | H. pima
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Binomial name | |
Hemioslaria pima Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
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Thurberiphaga is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1920. Its only species, Thurberiphaga diffusa, was first described by William Barnes in 1904.
Distribution
[edit]Thurberiphaga diffusa can be found only in southern Arizona in the United States.[1]
Flight
[edit]This moth is on wing from July to September.[1]
Life cycle
[edit]The caterpillar bores into the stem of the host plant. It is a pinkish color and is covered with rough setae.[1]
Host plants
[edit]Its only host plant is wild cotton (Gossypium thurberi).[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Powell, Jerry A. & Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. ISBN 978-0-520-25197-7
- ^ Balaban, John and Jane (March 25, 2013). "Species Thurberiphaga diffusa - Thurberia Bollworm - Hodges#9817". BugGuide. Retrieved June 18, 2019.