| Euchaetes elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Euchaetes |
| Species: | E. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchaetes elegans Stretch, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euchaetes elegans, the elegant pygarctia, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1874. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas,[1] and in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia.[2]
Adults are on wing from July to September.
References
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ Bug Guide
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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