Pseudohemihyalea syracosia

Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
Pseudohemihyalea syracosia (female)
Pseudohemihyalea syracosia (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Cossina
Family: Arctiidae
Tribe: Phaegopterini
Genus: Pseudohemihyalea
Species: P. syracosia
Binomial name
Pseudohemihyalea syracosia
(Druce, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Halisidota syracosia Druce, 1889

Pseudohemihyalea syracosia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. 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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