Halysidota cinctipes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Halysidota
- Species
- Halysidota cinctipes
- Scientific Name
- Halysidota cinctipes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Halysidota cinctipes
Halysidota cinctipes, the gartered halysidota or Florida tussock moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found on Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and in the US states of Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. The range possibly extends through Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama to Venezuela, Brazil and Peru.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.
The larvae feed on Coccoloba floridana, Coccoloba uvifera, Hibiscus species and possibly Trema micrantha.
...Halysidota cinctipes in languages:
- English
- Florida Tussock Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Halisidota argentata
- Halysidota ata
- Halysidota atra
- Halysidota baritioides
- Halysidota brasiliensis
- Halysidota cinctipes
- Halysidota conflua
- Halysidota cyclozonata
- Halysidota davisii
- Halysidota donahuei
- Halysidota elota
- Halysidota fuliginosa
- Halysidota fumosa
- Halysidota grata
- Halysidota harrisii
- Halysidota humosa
- Halysidota instabilis
- Halysidota insularis
- Halysidota intensa
- Halysidota interlineata
- Halysidota interstriata
- Halysidota jucunda
- Halysidota leda
- Halysidota masoni
- Halysidota melaleuca
- Halysidota meridionalis
- Halysidota mexiconis
- Halysidota nigrilinea
- Halysidota orientalis
- Halysidota pearsoni
- Halysidota pectenella
- Halysidota rhoda
- Halysidota roseofasciata
- Halysidota rusca
- Halysidota ruscheweyhi
- Halysidota schausi
- Halysidota semibrunnea
- Halysidota steinbachi
- Halysidota striata
- Halysidota tessellaris
- Halysidota thiaucourti
- Halysidota torniplaga
- Halysidota tucumanicola
- Halysidota underwoodi
- Halysidota witti
- Halysidota yapacaniae