Phobolosia duomaculata
Appearance
Double-eyed algibelle | |
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Abablemma duomaculata, Texas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Phobolosia |
Species: | P. duomaculata
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Binomial name | |
Phobolosia duomaculata | |
Synonyms | |
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Phobolosia duomaculata, the double-eyed algibelle,[1][2] is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1925 and it is found from southern Texas, south into Mexico.[3]
There are probably multiple generations per year.
Larvae have been reared on Physcia species, but probably also feed on other lichens.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abablemma duomaculata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Phobolosia duomaculata Barnes & Benjamin, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.